Mia Elbaf

“I need to live like that crooked tree--...
that knelt down in the hardest winds
but could not be blasted away.”
― Edward Hirsch

“Look closely and you will see Almost everyone carrying bags Of cement on their shoulders That’s why it takes courage To get out of bed in the morning And climb into the day”
― Edward Hirsch, Gabriel: A Poem

“I did not know the work of mourning Is a labor in the dark We carry inside ourselves”
― Edward Hirsch, Gabriel: A Poem

“If you liked a book, don’t meet the author.”
― Raymond Chandler