Juju

And to you / the making of my conjure / I give the basket of my trust / you are the memory I had one dawn / a hand pressed against my belly / I birthed us into being that night beneath the lightening / you ever the thunder / wrap your good arms around my body / I am safe / I am seen / I am safe / I am safe / tattooed into my knowing / you are my favorite forgive / forgive myself for not loving myself enough to know you / then