Well, somewhere

National Poetry Month 2022

Longing for a moment of 

Black joy I can wrap around me

And tuck under my feet

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There’s a well somewhere

For those of us

Wanting to be well

Somewhere

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Too much on the calendar 

Too many reminders

So many tasks

All the breaths I take on a timer

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I wanna go where that well is

Live a life 

Leaned up against it

Leave behind the world

Against me

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Damn 

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The tears are falling now