Mother

She holds her breath as gun cocks 

loud outside her windows

Streets cloudy from war remnants

Her heartbeat echoes freedom

Her grandmothers now only dream 

in soil buried

Waiting to rupture 

again in the wind

Her feet heavy

Burdened

But Brilliant

Resilient

Headwraps Hold Hymns

Ancient coded

Giving instructions for resistance

Cosmic realms flooding down

Absorbing blood stained sidewalks

She is storm whirling

Soul vocal

Vicious

Treacherous damage to be done

She is thriving

Running

Prostrating

Dua Praying

Conjuring

Conducting revived realities

That may not reach full term