I am running into a new year and the old years blow back like a wind that I catch in my hair like strong fingers like all my old promises and it will be hard to let go of what I said to myself about myself when I was sixteen and twenty-six and thirty-six but I am running into a new year and I beg what i love and I leave to forgive me.
Lucille CliftonEvery pair of eyes facing you has probably experienced something you could not endure.
Lucille Cliftonthese hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips
Lucille Clifton