Descended from kings
(Africa's and England's, both),
your expressed soul is
even more beautiful than your
body. But his words demured.
Kyakuchuu
[jlc]
Author's Notes/Comments:
Descended from one of the Stuart's bastards, she is distantly related to most of Europe's royal houses. She was the only biracial student in our classes at the time I was in high school. Racial prejudice and my own cowardice prevented us from being lovers. So here, the old man says what the young boy was unable to say, his words delayed.