My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did
Karen Hessethe way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what happens when dreams dry up.
Karen HesseI don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room. In the net of humans. I think maybe I am drowning in the net of humans.
Karen HesseAnd I know now that all the time I was trying to get out of the dust, the fact is, what I am, I am because of the dust. And what I am is good enough. Even for me.
Karen Hesse