“The hardest part of grief Is giving it a name. The pain pulls us apart, Like lips about to speak. Without language nothing can live At all, let alone Beyond itself. Lost as we feel, there is no better Compass than compassion. We find ourselves not by being The most seen, but the most seeing.” PainPoetryLanguageGriefCompassionPoem Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry
“We became paid professionals of pain, Specialists in suffering, Aces of the ache, Masters of the moan.” PainSufferingSadnessAche Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry
“We teach children: Leave a mark on the world. What leads a man to shoot up Souls but the desire to mark Up the globe?” ChildrenPainShooter Author:Amanda Gorman