Sleeping brown beauty,
in a silk bonnet
they stormed in like
Kentucky weeds.
Silent death-pellets,
showered your
resting place,
bringing your Prince
to his knees.
Woman’s Day?
A Black woman’s day is
hard
A Black woman’s day is
long
This Black woman’s day is
done
Sleeping brown beauty,
ain’t no bonnets needed
in Heaven.
Kashif Andrew Graham is a librarian and shares his typewritten poetry on Instagram at @kagwrites.
