deep roots in a Delta cotton field

Deep black Roots in a white cotton field


Context
Yields a
Higher
return

Pupils
Hidden
Behind
Colored
glass

Pin the tail
To
the
Timeline

It's where/
What
You'll stand
for

Silence
seeks
The
commonly ordinary,
Hustling
Over that
Jagged
crest

It's
Outside
the nave
Where The
Light
Shines brightest

Do hearts
Have holes
Larger than
The roof?

Lower down
Your humanity
And
Mat your heart
to
thee frame

Rafters resist
As
Heat rises
Holly springs,
mississippi
            [ida b wells]