Blessed is the little
black girl who walketh in her sun-kissed skin in confidence without tripping
over her flaws, who standeth tall in the way of those who slander her name, who
sitteth firmly in the seat of her predecessors,
For her delight shall be
in the wisdom of those whose shoulders she stands on; and on their words doth
she meditate day and night.
And she shall be like
a tiger lily planted in her grandmother’s garden, blooming forth her pedals when
the sun is just right; her inner light also shall never dim; and whatsoever she
toucheth shall turn to gold.
Those who speak
against her are not so; but are like the weeds which the gardener separates
from the beautiful plants.
Therefore the
slanderer shall not continue to stand tall in their perfection, nor the defamer
in the confidence of their wealth.
For the creator
knoweth that she made no mistake in her creation of the little black girl, but
those who curse her shall never know blessing.
***Context: Inspired by Psalm 1: 1-6 of the King James Version Bible and also some of the words my grandmother spoke to me before she passed away when I was 11.
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