“THE WELL”
FOR MY AWESOME AUNT RUTH ETTA SMITH WELLS
“……SHE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN RUBIES”
O SWEET AUNTIE, HEAR MY VOICE,
AND COME TO THE WELL, THIS WELL OF LIFE
THE LADIES HAVE GATHERED AND HAVE DRAWN
THE SWEET COOL WATERS FOR YOU
CAN YOU SMELL THE JASMINE, AUNTIE?
CAN YOU FEEL THE COOL EARTH BENEATH YOUR FEET
AND LOOK AUNTIE!
LOOK WHO IS HOLDING THE BUCKET AND THE LADLE
THERE IS HARRIET TUBMAN, AND SOJOURNER TRUTH AND MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
AND FANNIE LOU HAMMER AND CORETTA SCOTT KING
AND C. DELORES TUCKER AND YES, JESSIE CRAWFORD SMTH TOO
LOOK AT THE LADIES, AUNTIE!
THEY ARE HERE FOR YOU.
THEY HAVE DRAWN THE COOL SWEET WATERS FOR YOU
CAN YOU SEE THEM?
COME DRINK AND COMMUNE WITH THEIR SPIRITS AUNTIE
“THIS MUST BE PARADISE”
O SWEET SPIRIT HEAR MY VOICE, MY CHILDREN
HEAR THE WHISPERS, THE WATERS FROM MY DEEP HEART
I AM CALLING YOU
I AM CALLING YOU TO NOURISH FROM MY DEEP WELL
THAT WAS FORGED BY JESUS
I WILL TOUCH YOUR WATERS WITH MY WATER
AND LIKE OSMOSIS, I WILL WHISPER TO YOUR HEART
“I LOVE YOU”
COME TASTE THE COOLNESS OF THIS WELL, MY CHILDREN
LET IT QUENCH YOUR THRIST FROM THIS HOT HELLISH WORLD
LET IT CALM YOUR SPIRIT IN THOSE DIFFICULT TIMES
THOSE LONELY TIMES
I AM STILL HERE WITH YOU MY CHILDREN
AND I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU
AND FOR YOU MY LOVE, MY HUSBAND, MY ROCK ON A STORMY SEA
YOU WILL ALWAYS DWELL IN THE DEEP RECESSES OF MY HEART
FOR ALL ETERNITY…….
A L OVE SUPREME
A LOVE SUPREME
A LOVE SUPREME
FROM YOUR “FAVORITE NEPHEW” ALBERT H. SMITH JR.