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

“A man lost in the desert must take such water as he is offered, no matter who it comes from.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Before They Are Hanged

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

“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