my mother calls to me
…stand, daughter
my father calls to me
…sing, child
my relatives say to me
…paint, young’in
rhythms of all ages
…drive me
to dance, to breathe,
…to soar
their lives compel me
…to write.
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my mother calls to me
…stand, daughter
my father calls to me
…sing, child
my relatives say to me
…paint, young’in
rhythms of all ages
…drive me
to dance, to breathe,
…to soar
their lives compel me
…to write.