The Matriarch

  

 Graphite, 13.5 x 15.5

2018

 

 

Bestowed tenacity when I thought I had none left.

Unequivocal love on the days that I don't love myself.

 

Entrusted to sculpt you into the person you'll become.

Impelling through the deterrents that stand in the way.

 

Preserving royal blood lines of future Kings & Queens.

No weapon, storm or man against me shall ever prosper.

 

For I will persevere, for I will prevail.

The matriarch, the mother, the backbone.

 

Bearing the weight of the world until my last days.

 

Shon Pittman, 2018