To the black female children. Indignation is a prison. It disregards the
supernatural things about you. The result of individual sentiment is
applicable only to the soul. There is a dreadful need in man to control.
It disregards the pure instinct to love. The mother loves each child.
The child promises nothing. The earth dismantles itself and gives birth
to the water. Her heart determines the caliber of every land. Action
destroys ignorance. Strategy undermines oppression. You, are the
fetishized of the earth. That is as if you were lotus beside a
skyscraper. To be fetishized on this planet is to be a symbol of envy.
And you must ward off envy’s evil eye at every turn. Because your beauty
is deathless. You are as indiscriminate as the breeze. You are the
child of Venus. And her natural affection is justice. She will guide
your belly with her song and you must learn to trust it, because love is
all there is. And you are are here to triumph in its defense.
