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Our visions begin with our desires.

Audre Lorde

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That’s the beginning of social protest.
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Alter Beginning Die Justice Pain Protest Social
One pays a lot, we all pay a lot, for awareness.
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Aware Pay
We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.
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Crave Fear Ourselves Raise
I have been woman for a long time beware my smile I am treacherous with old magic.
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Beware Magic Old Smile Woman
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now.
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Done Inspirational Life
It’s a struggle but that’s why we exist, so that another generation of Lesbians of color will not have to invent themselves, or their history, all over again.
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Colour Existence Generation History Lesbian Struggle
We do not have to romanticize our past in order to be aware of how it seeds our present.
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Aware Fear Past Present Romantic Seed
You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. And in order to do that, you must first be willing to believe that you have it.
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Believe Fire Motivational Willing Women Empowerment
The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women.
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Against Erotic Men Women
I have died too many deaths that were not mine.
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Death Deep Depression Die Healing One Liner
For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence.
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Existence Luxury Necessary Poetry Women
For each of us as women, there is a dark place within, where hidden and growing our true spirit rises, beautiful and tough as chestnut stanchions against our nightmare of weakness.
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Beautiful Darkness Growth Hide Night Place Rise Spirit Weakness Women
If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.
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Alive Eat Fantasy Inspirational Myself People Self Respect
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.
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Decent Life Live Love Management People Sweet Want Work
Anger, used, does not destroy. Hatred does.
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Angry Destroy Hatred
When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.
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Afraid Hear Silence Speak Welcome Women Empowerment

Our visions begin with our desires.

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