My life is not packaged, Not tidy. There are leftover strands and jagged Edges that cut even my friends.

As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.

Children have adopted a consumerist attitude - I dare you to entertain me.

Forever in your arms Is where I want to be Holding you close Within the space That once held only me... Forever in your warmth The place for me and you I feel the sun Our life's just begun I know you feel it too

Think about all the tomorrows of your life.

Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin

Each time I think there is no place lower to go, I find that there is at least one place that will mess you up worse than you were.