i do not want your power, i have my own
it is not urgent, i am not running out of time
it is not scarce, i am the life source
it is not cemented, i move with ease
it is not reticent, i grow wild
it is not stolen, i am ancestral
it is not hoarded, i am in good company
it is not governed, i am free
Others are quick to tell you how you should grow, change, become. I remember teachers urging me to speak up in class, to not let the boys drown my voice. How peculiar anyone would think I wanted to be loud and fast and wrong, as if that were power.
It is deep in my joy that I find a knowing, an openness to receive the wonder and teachings of the world. Anyone with such a privilege is left speechless, patient, learning.
#EroticKnowledge #AudreLorde
it is not scarce, i am the life source
it is not cemented, i move with ease
it is not reticent, i grow wild
it is not stolen, i am ancestral
it is not hoarded, i am in good company
it is not governed, i am free
Others are quick to tell you how you should grow, change, become. I remember teachers urging me to speak up in class, to not let the boys drown my voice. How peculiar anyone would think I wanted to be loud and fast and wrong, as if that were power.
It is deep in my joy that I find a knowing, an openness to receive the wonder and teachings of the world. Anyone with such a privilege is left speechless, patient, learning.
#EroticKnowledge #AudreLorde