Sacred Marriage: Black Love, Joy & Resistance in Verse

Sacred Marriage: Black Love, Joy & Resistance in Verse is a covenantal journey told through poetry — a testament to the fire, softness, and generational legacy of Black love.

Structured in four movements — Foundations of Us, Twin Flame Fire, Softness & Joy, and Generational Stewardship — this collection chronicles the real work of marriage: recognition, conflict, tenderness, and the building of lineage. Each poem is both intimate and communal, weaving Hebrew Israelite tradition with the lived realities of Black resistance and joy.

From the first recognition of a soul mate to the laughter that becomes Sabbath rest, from the refining fire of twin flame conflict to the planting of orchards for descendants yet unseen, Dareios Little writes with militant tenderness. His verses honor covenant as both spiritual practice and radical act — a refusal to let love be diminished by hardship, and a declaration that Black softness itself is resistance.

This is not sanitized romance. It is the crucible of real love: the fights that crack us open, the prayers whispered in silence, the vows renewed daily in breath and bronze. It is a manifesto for those who believe that love is not just feeling, but practice — a discipline of joy, vulnerability, and generational stewardship.

For readers of Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and anyone who knows that love is both revolution and refuge, Sacred Marriage is a living altar — a book etched in covenant, laughter, and unbreakable yes