My Brother (You Are Beautiful)

(GUEST BLOG by Brandy Jones aka @brandyejones)

My brother, my brother..Is there anything
more beautiful
than you?

From the deepest black
to the fairest of tones
each flavor
proves delicious
as my eyes
feast on your features
and my ears
drink in your wisdom.

For millennia,
you've been studied..
forced into seperation
while they attempted
replication,
but failed..
for a God cannot be mocked.

You were beaten,
and broken..
forced to be ornaments
"decorating" the southern bark..
indoctrinated with negativity
in hopes that you would forget
who you really are..
but a King cannot be silenced.

The blood of royals
blesses your veins
and I SEE the power
in every step you take.

Every breath you expel
every word you speak
every seed you plant
is love.

You are strength,
and gentleness,
bound together by a truth
so divine
it goes unrecognized by most men.

(Praises to the Most High..
for incarnating me as a Black Woman.)

My brother, my brother,
you will know how beautiful
you are..

..because as long as I breathe
I will never let you forget it.

Brandy E. Jones 2011