appealing

The Maynard
Fall 2020

Tureeda Mikell

In the Be

Breathe
In Be GEN Sing.
Black BA-LAM BOOOOOOM
Beep bop ear eye drop dream.
Trans lucent wings.
Reverent evanescent feathers
Favor Raven magic.
Tether star shine, clothed in
Glitter dark red yellow green
Purple gold mind.

Dance a spiral round root
Tally ground wire imbue
Re member, light seed deed.
Drum heart lung tongue stars
Rhythm sung long time gone.
Revolution’s evolution
You and I verse, plans planets seat
Rock steady beat, arms legs feet
Wave weave in heat.

Moon mounts magnetic mystery
Bring back the Honey Bees, please
And swing low my sweet chariot
Let us ride home.

Heaven’s sunflower
Has thrown us in this throne
of Halleluiah parallel strings
Orchestrating DNA’s helix springs
Springing up children, prophets
Circulating circuits-trees
Generating generations of
Yin yang prophesy
Radicals radiating
I she’ O’ Lua Coole’ bahdeo.

The Word, ’Nummo’
Will not to be destroyed
In the Be Gen Sing.
G force spiraling
Can not gainsay
Nor resist
The gravity of matter.