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.”

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Part II

Here we are all these years later;
I'm maintaining what's necessitated. Since there are appetites that cannot be satiated and intrigue is often ingratiating, the connection is potent and seemingly fated. The memories linger without fading; and tactile traces stimulate elation. Hear me good; it's all a hallucination. Your present is worthy of elevation over a past that is an idealization. "There is no there" here, and I will not offer materialization.
In 2020, I wrote "His Mind Won't Roam" inspired by Maya Angelou's "They Went Home."
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