After Langston Hughes, Mother to Son I. Mother to Daughter Well, daughter, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been a life at all. It’s had bullets in it, And bullies, And haters, And [...]

I catch dreams like wishes. Crochet them into the image Of the woman I hope to be.   I wear them like a cape, like my favorite Fringe jacket. I move and dance and Find [...]