Michelle

 

she didn’t know that

she would feel this way

woken woman

didn’t expect that

the white house

would be white washed

as if she wasn’t there

 

antiseptically wiped away

by white privilege

while a virus

survives

wipes

less than

deep rooted

resentment

breeding deep inside.

 

a heart frozen

in hate

can’t thaw

until the drive

to win at the cost

of someone else’s

loss

 

is buried deep

in a history that

doesn’t understand

we were born to learn

lessons that prism white

into a rainbow of colors

 

while Michelle bides

her time until we see

that black and white

blend into who we can be