Sunday, February 28, 2021

For Her: A Poem

 

My Telfar bag came in the mail today.
A woman 
just like Riah Milton, Dominique Fells  or Ashley Moore
probably imagining what it's like to have one
Can only see getting one 
As a pipe dream
She got kicked out of her home for coming out 
We meet in a connection of soul
Where her being herself 
Calls a greater self out of me
No fists 
No suit
saying the shelter she's trying to get into 
can look up her skirt 
before letting her in
"I've got this, sis", she tells me
In this space
"Just have my back".
This is for her.