"You mystical thing, you. God was doing some of its best work when creating you."
Written by Dear Black Woman Brandi Keeler
Dear black woman,
You mystical thing, you
God was doing some of its best work when creating you
Both of them actually
father god and Mother Nature were having a wholly holy time conspiring on your beauty, love.
I mean seriously, have you taken time to behold the miracle of yourself?
You are the culmination of thousands of years… millennia...
of ancestors and inspiration
Of chaos and peace
Of birth and death and life
And life
And life
And life
You are life
You bring it with you into every room you enter
You open your mouth and life fills the room
You are God’s grace made evident
You are heaven sent
You carry with you the lessons learned of those passed
And the hopes of those to come
It’s easy to forget this with the minutia day-to-day existence
You know, the things that take up space like
Kanye West drama, fan-girling over Beyonce and deciding whether or not to eat chocolate
I get it
But know that those are small things
Specks on specks
And you?
You are a big thing
A big THANG
An Inconceivable beauty
A gift to this world
A gem of indescribable value
You miraculous thing, you
This life and it’s hurdles will attempt to distract you from that truth
But self talk is powerful and
I know your power
I believe in you
I encourage you
I pray for you
I worship you
I work for you
I forgive you
I accept you
I cry for you
I cry with you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you.
I am you.
I am.
Affirmation Letter + Reading by Dear Black Woman Brandi Keeler