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.

If I say your voice is an amber waterfall in which I yearn to burn each day, if you eat my mouth like a mystical rose with powers of healing and damnation, If I confess that your body is the only civilization I long to experience… would it mean that we are close to knowing something about love?

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

Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives. And make no mistake about it: love does take over and transform the schemes and operations of our egos in a very mighty way.

And now we step to the rhythm of miracles. --from The Light, That Never Dies

Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.