Only The Stars

#28daysoflovepoems by Kiara

Only the Stars 

The type of dark night envies

The type of dark history tried its hardest to delete and demean 

It tastes better than chocolate 

The type of dark that intimidates many men now and then 

The type of dark that infuriated yesterday’s Jim Crow and evoked Black codes that built today’s death row 

Breathtakingly revolutionary 

I know what you been told 

“Don’t stay outside too long,”

“Don’t even come back out till the sun is gone” 

God only knows 

I know what you been told 

But God told me and I understand 

That He gonna bless me with the darkest man to have and to hold 

Holy matrimony

It’s Black and it’s bold

God bless that man 

And his sweet dark chocolate soul 

Skin like butter

Good to his mother

Good to his brother 

And a lover like no other 

While the night envies his dark skin 

Only the stars see the light in him 

Everyday in February 2026, The House of Psalm will post an original poem about love — self-love, romantic love, parental love and so much more. #28daysoflovepoems | IG @thehouseofpsalm @kiaraleewrites