Amber

“And I had to leave you behind.
Not because there was no love
But because there was no growth”
― Billy Chapata, Chameleon Aura

“i have no desire to be with someone who completes me.
I’d rather be with someone who shows me there
is more to me than i even knew existed”
― Billy Chapata, Chameleon Aura

“Be inconvenient. Raise your hand despite their groans. Voice you opinions. Enter debates. Classrooms are not only boys’ domains.”
― Nikita Gill, The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom

“Tell your daughters how you love your body.
Tell them how they must love theirs.

Tell them to be proud of every bit of themselves—
from their tiger stripes to the soft flesh of their thighs,
whether there is a little of them or a lot,
whether freckles cover their face or not,
whether their curves are plentiful or slim,
whether their hair is thick, curly, straight, long or short.

Tell them how they inherited
their ancestors, souls in their smiles,
that their eyes carry countries
that breathed life into history,
that the swing of their hips
does not determine their destiny.

Tell them never to listen when bodies are critiqued.
Tell them every woman’s body is beautiful
because every woman’s soul is unique.”
― Nikita Gill, The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom