“There are dark black buttons tattooed on my heart. I’ll carry them for the rest of my days.” HeartBlackDarkMy HeartButtonsTattooed Book:Tell the Wolves I'm Home Source: Tell the Wolves I'm Home
“We have forgotten love, and Sat lonely beside each other. We have eaten together, Lonely behind our plates, we Have hidden behind children, We have slept together in A lonely bed. Now my heart Turns toward you, awake at last, Penitent, lost in the last Loneliness. Speak to me. Talk To me. Break the black silence.” HeartChildrenTogetherLastsTurnsLostSpeakBlackBehindsSilenceBreakLonelinessMy HeartBedLonelyForgottenAwakeSatPlatesTalk To Me Author:Kenneth Rexroth
“Ever at Thy glowing altar Must my heart grow sick and falter, Wishing He I served were black.” HeartWishGrowsBlackMy HeartSickAltarsGlowing Author:Countee Cullen
“Black people still call me Prince. Sometimes I ask them, "Why do you call me Prince?" And people say, "Because you are a prince to us." Usually when they say that, you know my heart goes out and I have to say, "I don't mind your calling me that."” PeopleKnowsMindHeartStillsSometimesAsksBlackMy HeartCallingCall MeBlack People Author:Prince