“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
“Sometimes, Nothing warns us. It cannot be thought by us. It is done to us. A gun, An earthquake, a flood—any of the muscular Horrors of this world. In those instances, we don't ask for it, We don't get to take a deep breath, It is simply the end of the chapter And page 1 of the next.” PoetryChangeViolencePoemAccidentsNatural DisastersHorrors Book:Not Go Away Is My Name Source: Not Go Away Is My Name