As goes love so goes life.

True lovers earn their genius in schools of blood, prophecy and dust.

The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be 'at risk' of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.

A man sitting monkey-like on the rooftop of his brain is due the applause such feats earn him.

The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.

With my ninth mind I resurrect my first and dance slow to the music of my soul made new.

Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love's liquid sigh.