“We could not swim, but now we are swimming— We have to swim. It is not fair. It is never fair. We have no chance to be part of the decision That changes us. We were, and then we are. Regrettably, We are not alone. If it is one of us, It is all of us, so many of us.” PoetryChangeFatePoemSurvivingUnfairnessCarrying On Book:Not Go Away Is My Name Source: Not Go Away Is My Name
“What we bring, finally, into the new day, every day, Is ourselves. And that’s all we need To start. That’s everything we require to keep going. Look back only for as long as you must, Then go forward into the history you will make.” SelfPoetryPoemStartingContinuingCarrying OnMaking HistorySelves Book:Not Go Away Is My Name Source: Not Go Away Is My Name