Failure and success are not moments. What this means is that momentary events of victory or defeat don’t have the power to define your ongoing reality. In other words, “You may encounter many
I will not write this poem to you againYet this will not be the final timeWhite men refuse to keep their handsLanguageGodCurrencyBiasTo themselvesHow is that different from yesterdayNot everyoneBut a
Silence your first languageWho taught you this tongue?Taught your spirit to dumb downTo fit with these bite sized american syllablesWhy do you not resent it?The oppressor on your tongueSqueezing a
Poetry does a terrible job of making us forgetAnd soThis will not be a poem aboutThe pedophile who raped my student The mental illness that took my motherOrThe emotionless vacuum that breathed
