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.”

Sunday, November 8, 2020

His mind won't roam.

His mind won't roam from his future wife
to that once upon a time in life
when he knew a girl like me.
No, his mind won't roam.

He will judge the details
too provocative to expose.
He will not recount my ecstasies and woes.
No, his mind won't roam.

My hope is that he won't remember me at all
and I'll be a "What's her name?"
he is never able to recall.
So...
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