Tagged: white supremacy

if what we hold of

if what we hold of
value cannot be divorced
from the dominant

culture and influence, where
does the line end or begin?
.
20210312:2204
y

to acknowledge that

to acknowledge that
power was extracted is
the beginning of

a reckoning, a decision
to be held accountable
.
20210311:1951
y

here and there, we will

here and there, we will
need a reprieve from all this
intensity – a

strand of memory twisting
around spring’s makeshift trellis
.
20210114:2025
y

less than a week in,

less than a week in,
and our bodies are already
heavy, no, even

heavier, holding it to-
gether, for this many more days
.
20210107:2012
y

it’ll be some time

it’ll be some time
before we put our heads
under
the water
again –
pretend that we are
not also drowning
.
20200628:2351
y

we will never be

we will never be
as clear about
our history
as we should
be, relying
on the written
word for
some sort
of objectivity
.
20191014:1232
y

** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: objectivity