she called me from the train
nervous, excited
already onboard
and while she was speaking
my mind traveled back in time
when I knew this feeling
but this poem is not about me
my girl is taking the love
train to a destination not
completely unknown
but, to a place, and arms that
beckon her home
this awesome place she's
been in dreams many times before,
shall awaken her soul, when she
steps through the open door
and while she was laughing
my mind re-visited my own epiphany
when I received my healing
but this poem is not about me
my sista is on the train
moving across a rolling landscape of
beautiful country to another beauty
beyond anything her eyes have ever seen
in mid-sentence, the line went dead
but I could clearly see
a young Black Queen in the window seat
riding toward her appointment with destiny
no, this piece is not about me, but
I’ll be blessed by the things
she’ll come to know
when he anoints her poetry
a
nervous, excited
already onboard
and while she was speaking
my mind traveled back in time
when I knew this feeling
but this poem is not about me
my girl is taking the love
train to a destination not
completely unknown
but, to a place, and arms that
beckon her home
this awesome place she's
been in dreams many times before,
shall awaken her soul, when she
steps through the open door
and while she was laughing
my mind re-visited my own epiphany
when I received my healing
but this poem is not about me
my sista is on the train
moving across a rolling landscape of
beautiful country to another beauty
beyond anything her eyes have ever seen
in mid-sentence, the line went dead
but I could clearly see
a young Black Queen in the window seat
riding toward her appointment with destiny
no, this piece is not about me, but
I’ll be blessed by the things
she’ll come to know
when he anoints her poetry
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