Just when I claimed your mother
As my very own, my daughter,
My baby girl -
She gave me something else -
You, my grandbaby,
Another beautiful little brown princess. Now Mama and everyone else
Is hoopin' and hollerin' 'bout
"Mynah looks just like you when
You came out, Boy!"
And I can't deny this either.
The plush, brown, baby-smooth
Skin, and the dark, piercing, Asiatic Eyes-yup. Me, alright.
But I'm getting old and it's not about me. I bequeath to you a fierce
Black love from behind bars.
My sparkling literary gems.
And whatever there is -
You too, will inherit all that's mine.