I Just Want To See

I cannot trust these eyes Seeing what they are told  I hope one day they will belong to me Before I get too old   To use this body redefined Labeled with checked boxes and color lines To catch a glimpse of reality while there’s still time If only for a little while    I just want […]

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I Want Less

A life lived racially gives me more than I want, more than I can handle, manage or control.  It is before and beside me, inside of me and outside of me.  It’s stereotypically connected to the foods that I eat, the clothing I wear and the car that I drive.  It has rendered a judgment about everything […]

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I Believe I’ll Run On

I grew up in a Pentecostal Holiness church as I spent my formative years with my grandmother, Eva Mae, in Foley, Alabama. It was a small yet intimate community of faith whose common and most frequent meeting place was the church. And since my grandmother was an older woman, much of my time was spent […]

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