for single black mothers everywhere raising queer, different, gifted, non-normative children; for penny:

you did not fail me,
single black mother.
i did not fail you,
single black mother. 
together,
we failed expectations
of what a single black mother
raising a queer child should be
when there exist no model.
together, 
we failed normal
notions of family, 
of being. 
together,
we haved learned a new language
of love, grace, and understanding.
together, 
we haved radically mothered
each other. 
together,
we will heal.