19 January 2010

An answer looking for a question


I would be tired too.

Not slighting anyone, but, there's
something about seeing a black man holding his black woman that always makes me smile.
Maybe it's because I never saw this act of love, tenderness and affection at home when I was growing up, or on tv or in movies
or out in the streets. I only saw black women
like my mom, and my aunts, and their mom,
tired from trying to be both mother and father,
and sleeping alone.
with
no
1
holding them.

1 comment:

Don said...

I like this pic of the Obamas....