“how you Gon’ win when you not right within?” (after Lauryn Hill)

they said “in your world there is no compassion”

there is a reason why we are here. they said “you can be extremely good and extremely bad. Grey areas do not exist for you.”

she held the mirror back up.

said all that you can do is learn but don’t internalise.

how did we get here?

neck tight, can’t breathe. desperate to leave.

legs tight, stepping is hard. is this what it feels like to come undone?

there is only so many ways to say freedom yet it is still so hard to breathe.

Elder: “leave space to breathe, to be with breath, your ancestors encircle you.”