Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.

I who have gone the gamut from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and sisters to a surprised queenhood in the new Black sunam qualified to enter at least the kindergarten of new consciousness now... I have hopes for myself.

It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.

beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.

I don't like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.