February 22: A Query

[February Feels Like]

I want to know

what song Jesus sang

while He waited on the Cross

to die

I want to know

what the soldier heard

when he didn't hear

anything more

what song did Jesus sing

that asked His Father for rest

and why did His Father send

a sword by a stranger

to let the river

flow

I'm so glad

I'm Black

because we know

there is

Salvation

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Nikki Giovanni, Make Me Rain (2020)