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“May God or whoever else spare you the arms of bereavement specialists-- grant mercy from the Team dedicated to your transition in this difficult time yet who won't tell you a thing & know far less.”

Book:Book of Hours: Poems

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Book of Hours: Poems

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“I wish I could reverse time. If I could, I’d go back and change a lot of things. For one, I’d be a better friend to Dodds.” I rock back on my heels and stare down at the ground. Was I even a friend to him at all? “But, the thing is,” I continue, “we can’t go back.” My voice starts to crack. “That’s life’s greatest punishment. We can’t go back and right the wrongs, fix the mistakes, undo the tragedies, change our minds, make different decisions, unbreak hearts, take back words. All you can do is own your mistakes, forgive yourself, and keep on living.”

Time Loss

Book:Stay with Me

Source: Stay with Me

“Elegy to Black Panther" Yibambe, Mfalme, yibambe on your crossing to the ancestral land Where we imagine the Infinity Gauntlet sitting safely upon your taloned hand. Rest in power, Mfalme, sleep peacefully, for your earthly battles are won; The King of Wakanda forever, our most esteemed, Native son.”

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Book:Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics

Source: Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics

“Blood-Stained" Six minutes, no medics, I gasped as ragged breaths escaped my lungs. “Hold on, Bre, hold on,” my love pleaded, but I was already gone. I drowned in my own life’s blood as I heard my love weep for me. Lord, wake us from this nightmare – we want to go back to sleep.”

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Book:Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics

Source: Black Lives, Lines, and Lyrics

“Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.”

Source: The Light in the Heart

“The world's a hard place, Danny. It don't care. It don't hate hate you and me, but it don't love us either. Terrible things happen in the world, and they are things no one can explain. The world don't love you, but your momma does and so do I.”

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Book:THE SHINING

Source: THE SHINING

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