letters to my sister, daughter, mother

He does not bring her to the bridge to do her harm. He brings her to the bridge because he loves her more than he loves anything in this world, and his beloved child must survive the wearing of dark skin in apartheid South Africa. He is not taking her into danger. No, he is taking his daughter on a walk on a beautiful evening, and the world in whic

you tell me to quiet down cause my opinions make me less beautiful but i was not made with a fire in my belly so i could be put out i was not made with a lightness on my tongue so i could be easy to swallow i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow