Croix. (Translation) . Poem by Michael Walker

This an important poem, as Langston Hughes describes his family background, in which his father was white, and died in a fine, big house; and his mother was black, and she died in a shack. The couple had been separated for a long time. The title can mean 'of mixed race' or 'a cross' that Hughes has to carry with his European-African American parentage. He regrets ever cursing his mother or his father, and wishes them well, taking back his curses. He wonders where he will die one day.
The three quatrains rhyme: aaaa/ bcdc/ efgf. Varied rhyme that interlocks the stanzas, giving the poem unity.
I think this is an honest, sincere, 'confessional' poem, centred on genuine emotions about Hughes's parents. Simple but profound.