jflondon
I watch my dad pass the bowl of soup around
I feel a surge of gratitude
I’m thankful
Which is weird
I watch my little family
My mom with the grouchy face
Being picky and grumpy as usual
Tired of life
Tired of love
Shackled by society’s definition of what a mother and wife should be
My dad with the patient demeanor
Living to the fullest
Loving to the fullest
Living thoroughly
I watch my sister with the love of her life
A mini-her whose biggest achievement in life at the moment was yelling ‘Mama’ all day
With great enthusiasm
I watched this tiny human with love, in love
How could his daddy not stick around to fall in love too?
Fuck that ugly ass nigga
I watch my brother pass the bowl of soup around
Proud of him and the man he’s becoming
A black man steadily building his empire
The Lord help him
I watch my little family
And breathe in
I feel a surge of gratitude
And I’m thankful
This is family
The weirdos who have got my back nevertheless
jflongdon is The Girl With The Long Legs. She skillfully tells tales through poems, prose or short films. The author of the current book TGWTLL hopes to write more, if the gods will it. Fletcher, as she’s affectionately known within creative spaces wears many hats – tgwtll doesn’t fit into one box and does not conform. She prays you do not also. Hopefully she also gets to be a Polaroid creative artist sometime soon.