Alicia Keys shared a sweet poem reflecting on her 5-year-old son’s future amid the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests.
On Instagram, Keys, 39, shared an adorable photo of her son, Genesis Ali Dean; who is her second son with producer Swiss Beatz. She described her son as “my beautiful baby boy, so curious and pure, yet so clear about what you don’t want.”
“I hope that never changes,” Keys wrote. “I hope that inner strength and fire never extinguishes, and you never feel the sway to fit in or be silenced.”
The Girl on Fire singer continued, “I have a strong feeling you won’t, that’s just not the fabric from which u came”.
Keys expressed her hopes for her son’s future and his potential career fields; “future architect, builder, mastermind, wisdom keeper, re-shaper, change maker.”
“My Beautiful Baby Boy, You are unstoppable!!!” Keys wrote.
Using the Black Lives Matter hashtag in her post, Keys also directed fans to a link in her Instagram bio. The link shows methods to fight racial inequality, featuring protest maps, petitions, organizations seeking donations and voter registration tips.
In addition to the one for her son, Alicia Keys also recently shared a poem about much-needed changes in the world. “We need more than poems. We need deep systemic change,” she captioned her post. “But when I wrote these words it was a little prayer that I personally needed. Maybe u do too.”