Unnecessary Insults: Dreaming I

Favorite Quotes

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

"...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you; we are in charge of our attitudes."

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Dreaming I

I am often jolted awake. Sweaty and panicked, I charge my brain, as if it is a separate entity. "Why the fuck would you think any of that was okay?" I try to make sense of the plots, images, and characters. I hope there is no reason. I know it lacks rhyme. I note what I can remember. I pray my dreams are nonsensical and my nightmares are not prophetic. I busy myself back to stillness and eventual sleep.