Georgia Douglas Johnson, "Fee" (1928)
By Georgia D. Johnson
For all the woes my life may hold
Of hurts and scars and sorrows
The blighting bivouac of today,
The opal-hued tomorrows,
I sum—and hold full paltry pay
To offer for the hour
That brought to bloom within my heart
Love’s one immortal flower!
Published in The Crisis, December 1928