Un-winged and naked, sorrow surrenders its crown to a throne called grace.

Many may very well continue to ask why more value is placed on technicalities of a law than on a man's flesh and blood life, especially when there is any amount of "doubt" at all regarding his guilt or innocence.

Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.

At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.

Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new.

Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.

The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.