I Was Apprehensive. I Feared Every Time

When I Was Young, I Was Older Than I Am Today.

It Makes Me Furious To Hear Haters Of All Skin Colors - Especially Christian, Jewish, And Muslim Fundamentalists - Deride Other People Because Of Their Different Beliefs And Lifestyles.

I Have A High Guilt Quotient. A Poem Can Go Through As Many As 50 Or 60 Drafts. It Can Take From A Day To Two Years - Or Longer.

If Our Children Are Unable To Voice What They Mean, No One Will Know How They Feel. If They Can’t Imagine A Different World, They Are Stumbling Through A Darkness Made All The More Sinister By Its Lack Of Reference Points. For A Young Person Growing Up In America’s Alienated Neighborhoods, There Can Be No Greater Empowerment Than To Dare To Speak From The Heart — And Then To Discover That One Is Not Alone In Ones Feelings.

Being True To Yourself Really Means Being True To All The Complexities Of The Human Spirit.