Emma Amos
Audre Lorde
From The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action -
“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing”
— from New Year Day
“I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out my ears, my eyes, my noseholes—everywhere. Until it’s every breath I breathe. I’m going to go out like a fucking meteor!”
— from A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer
From Love Poem
From Your Silence Will Not Protect You