from tricia

on sundays,

i turn off all the lights and

let the sun walk through my window

and show me how to 

glow

like the cocoa butter & vaseline 

mama taught me to rub from my arms 

to my feet.

tricia says

the body is a site of 

liberation, 

a defiance of corporations

and gentrification and privatized education. so if 

our bodies are a site of liberation, then

our communities are the site of revolution

and the revolution is 

rest. 

no more plantation politics or 

cottonmouth rhetoric

cuz blackness radiates like 

coconut oil and lip gloss which 

reminds me to take care of myself

to love myself

the way mama loves me

and feeds me

biscuits & honey. 

this body can liberate me

heal me 

love me

when rainbows ain’t enough

and damp washcloths are drying in the sun.

it’s time to

liberate ourselves

liberate our minds

and sleep until the sun don’t shine 

to rejuvenate ourselves and learn to

shine shine shine.