baptism.

the emancipation of black masculinity

Image by Sam Adefé

In your eyes, I fall
Into a pool of mirrors with
An image of times past:

Black lights streak
Through the waves of
Hidden emojis
Swamped within
Reflections of vigour;

I find myself submerged,
In a history of men with lions
Tamed by a black oasis,
I embrace the storms until
An unfiltered image of self
Rises from the slumber
Reborn, a dark knight.