“I am unbearably human.”

Seek refuge in the space between my bones.

Somewhere inside my throat lives your ache.

I like to trace the ghosts of your fingers on the back of my hand. They read- I don’t know how to hold without you.

I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.

My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.

There is a calmness in not knowing.

Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.

I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.

Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.

We are so much more than skin can hold.

When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.

I have lived too many lives to be only one thing, and instead of attempting to mesh them into a form of a human being, I have decided to love every jagged edge of mine.

I don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.

I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.

If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.

I am only beautiful when my legs are open and I have forgotten my mother tongue to make room for yours.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

We’re all human and we all have great amounts of pressure on us. When someone’s hurting, be there. We could all use a little compassion.

Everybody round you pretendin that they are your partner, let you have a problem they won’t even help you out.

Some people have no idea what they’re doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

A human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.

Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not.