The Freedom of Our Daughters. {poetry}
We must teach our daughters to know their voice.
We must teach them what it feels like to be intimidated and still stand their ground.
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Mango Woman. {poetry}
Here I am
sweet ripe mango woman
half-wise
I will attain more wisdom
as my flesh puckers to my stone
hot wrinkly custard skin
brown from the sun
The Body of Love, and Fires of Liberation. {poetry}
Breathe easy, knowing all of you is loved.
You were born to be fully human in this lifetime,
To feel and experience all 'being human' means.
Love with a Price. {poetry}
How fucking dare you say to me
After I was published
“Why don’t you write about more than just love?"
When you were the inspiration of the magic?
For the Students, My Teachers, February 14th, 2018 (and Every Day After). {poetry}
Never again will we entertain this tyranny
that wears a thousand divisive masks
but is always a scared and greed-scarred child-man
hiding behind a curtain.
The Raven and Me: Keep Sending Your Love Letters to the Unknown. {poetry}
You might receive answers to your letters... the two sides of this correspondence, your love for this world and the world loved, would merge on them.
Facing the Shadow of White Supremacy. {poetry}
I am not a white supremacist. My best friend is black, so don’t call me a racist. But my existential crisis of 'Who Am I' is white luxury.
Dear Helicopter Guy. {poetry}
But you’re lonely up there, helicopter guy, I know you are.
How can you love from 30,000 feet?
Answer: not very well...
It’s not your fault, really.
Do You Not See, Dear One? {poetry}
We may come to see the likeness of enforced barriers and dams, imposed distortion and objectification, thievery and destruction.
Dim Shapes. {poetry}
Night opened its eyes, licked its lips and swallowed up day... hope fell. And within that blackness sank forevermore the dim shape of woman, of man.