I glance at you and there you are

 

Standing next to me with your hands locked in mine

 

Filled with calluses from endless hard work to ensure that bills were paid on time

 

Never skipping a beat when dancing to that famous song called life

 

Smiling in a smile that money couldn’t buy

 

Singing lies to me that you wasn’t hungry whenever you never joined me at the dinner table

 

And now that I’m able to understand the complexity of your sacrifices for me

 

The reality revealed it wasn’t enough food for you to eat

 

Never sweated a bead when that person who planted your seed was never there to watch a flower like me grow

 

Never once did stress diminish you faith but if it did you never let it show

 

through the darkness of trials and tribulations God still made your aura glow

 

Arms thick with love to protect me whenever the devil wanted to destroy and kill

 

You fought my gory battles while you protected me with your shield

 

Your skin smooth and dark like chocolate resembling a Nubian queen

 

Laced in elegance because  on a thrown is where you where destined to be

 

I place you on a pedestal where my deepest respect resides

 

Your eyes like dark gold because they are the windows to your soul

 

Wisdom in your hairs weariness in your feet

 

But joy in your heart because you are an angel to me

 

I close my eyes and I picture you

 

Standing next to the man that molded you into a masterpiece that I adore

 

With wings stretched so broad as you soar through my life forevermore

 

Dressed in a snow-white robe embroidered in the finest diamonds

 

Addressed as your highness eating only the finest fruits that grow on a prosperous tree

 

You and me I envision, walking golden streets to the places that faith will let us go

 

Staring at your golden halo that illuminates your head down to your toes

 

Placing my hand into you delicate hands and never letting go

 

A place where it never rains a place where there is never pain

 

Just you and me beyond the pearly gates where only he knows our name