Have you ever heard of her?
She that is one of us
a poet - like you and me
only the 4th poet in history
to be asked to read
at an inauguration in history

Allow me a moment
to school you to she
that teaches and reaches
with pen and voice
accredited around the world
Nobel prize runner up
and keen technique
to sum the black experience up

If never before
than let today be the day
that you went in search
of what this poet had to say
she speaks for us
unasked and unapologetically
as revolutionaries often do

we can't wait for invitation
not in the face of moral devastation
while so many revel in
victim's jubilation
we still got work to do
even though we are "free"
I told you
she's just like
you and me

And Tuesday afternoon
she will be standing on the stage
a part of history permanently
a poet embedded in it's page
from now until eternity
if you don't know Ms. Alexander
than go and learn about she
the poet and the woman
that is one of us
scribin' to survive
and change the world
one line at a time

just like
you and me