Zariah Jefferson

There’s something romantic about smile lines

I have marked you with happiness

A primordial sense of peace

 

As your crows fly up and down

I can hear the age old chorus of contentment

Each bird sings a song of struggle

A tale of loss and hardship

 

But through it all we laughed

We cheered as hellish hurricanes flooded the streets

Our tears made puddles of safety in the deadliest of droughts

 

We fell in love through every choice we made

In every laugh is my name

In every photo my autograph

 

So laugh my darling, smile through the pain

I’ll carve you a new smile

And grant you a new name

 

We love, love like Adam and Eve

Like Jacob and Rachel

An ancestral background of adoration

Through a commitment of celestial binds

Laugh with me Angel, till we see the end of time