she is creator..........................

she is the mother of the universe
of every being and of every race
of every star
and of the cosmic dust that formed
the man from the earth
her womb united with creation
at once
in the birth of time
and of space
as in the beginning
and still my mother
an old black woman
in all her bourgeois pride
and arrogance
and ego
and love
respect
and humble purity
this blood
the blood the washes away
the sins of the world
still this blood flows
and bleeds,
the heart of this love
that gives food from her own plate...
to mine
this blood
this woman
this creator