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“I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes; on my face they are
still together.”
―
still together.”
―
“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
―
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
―
“i believe that everyone in the world.
has
one poem.
that is their soulmate.”
―
has
one poem.
that is their soulmate.”
―
“white people try to take blackness. pour it out rub it into their skin and wear us like they know what we about. but honey it’s only ever gon’ be a suntan. you ain’t neva gon’ be black. – tan | stealing from the sun”
― salt.
― salt.
“creativity keeps the world alive, yet, everyday we are asked to be ashamed of honoring it, wanting to live our lives as artists. i’ve carried the shame of being a ‘creative’ since i came to the planet; have been asked to be something different, more, less my whole life. thank spirit, my wisdom is deeper than my shame, and i listened to who i was. i want to say to all the creatives who have been taught to believe who you are is not enough for this world, taught that a life of art will amount to nothing, know that who we are, and what we do is life. when we create, we are creating the world. remember this, and commit.”
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