Sarah

“If loneliness were a grape
the wine would be vintage
If it were a wood
the furniture would be mahogany
But since it is life it is
Cotton Candy
on a rainy day
The sweet soft essence
of possibility
Never quite maturing

from Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day”
― Nikki Giovanni

“The gold of her promise
has never been mined

Her borders of justice
not clearly defined

Her crops of abundance
the fruit and the grain

Have not fed the hungry
nor eased that deep pain

Her proud declarations
are leaves on the wind

Her southern exposure
black death did befriend

Discover this country
dead centuries cry

Erect noble tablets
where none can decry

"She kills her bright future
and rapes for a sou

Then entraps her children
with legends untrue"

I beg you

Discover this country

from America”
― Maya Angelou, Oh Pray My Wings are Gonna Fit Me Well

“I am cotton candy on a rainy day
the unrealized dream of an idea unborn

from Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day”
― Nikki Giovanni, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day

“sometimes
when i wake up
in the morning
and see all the faces
i just can't
breathe

from Sometimes”
― Nikki Giovanni, Recreation