“Every second, what we feel For our people & our planet Almost brings us to our knees, A compassion that nearly destroys Us with its massiveness. There is no love for or in this world That doesn't feel both bright & unbearable, Uncarriable.” LoveFeelingsPoetryCompassionPoemUnbearableness Book:Call Us What We Carry: Poems Source: Call Us What We Carry: Poems
“We are born right, trusting, unlimited, with all that we love never punished. Look--our palms open but unemptied, just like a blooming thing.” LoveBirthIntuitiveBloomSecond NatureWhat We Carry Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry
“we know our inaction and inertia will be the inheritance of the next generation Our blunders become their burdens But one thing is certain: If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright So let us leave behind a country better than the one we were left with” LoveAmericaFutureMercyLegacyUsaInauguration Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry
“We've never had to hate a human To hug another, never had to be fearful To be fond of the hearts beating out to us.” LovePoetryHateFearPoem Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry