{"id":103006,"date":"2020-07-12T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/?p=103006"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:32:20","slug":"bring-me-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/en\/bring-me-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring me back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">To my mother\u2019s womb so I can understand the struggle of pushing love out<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">while it\u2019s just trying to breathe, take in some air<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let me learn how to spell that love, to make it naked so I see its insides<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">To embrace the waves of its fluent dance and the hidden faces of its softness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back so I could feel the safety of my mother\u2019s arms again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Caging me with blooming arms, therefore making me more and more fragile<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back so I can hear our heroes stories whispered in my sleep<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So I could feel the wind on my face while my face is pushed against the fertile soil<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back to my ancestral path so I can smell the air of slavery<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back so I would have a chance to learn my tradition<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Allow me to see my village and everything that was kept from me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back so I get a chance at life again<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, I fight harder for my being<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bring me back so I find a source of consolation<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, I sleep at night knowing my purpose is being made<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let me redo it all<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just so I can see if I turn out the same<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If I still deserve the name of my Grandmother<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If I still deserve her wounds<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If I still learn from them<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Becoming, while my pace is accelerating<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Something bigger<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Someone stronger<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Writer: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philia Yatchou<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">@philiayatchou<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philia Sephora Yatchou is a strong black women made of gold. 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