This is the title to one of my pieces in Soul Clothes. This poem and reflection piece was written over 15 years ago, yet it is timely today. As we struggle for the value of black lives in reality and as we seek to make where we live a safe, let alone a loving place - this piece speaks to my heart. It speaks of the exhaustion of fighting for civil rights and the movement of life from theory to practice. For me that movement was made real through prayer, reliance on the spirit of God and  my ancesto ...

The beauty and life of words has pierced my world of thought and life before I really knew what a word was… I have always been someone who loves words! The structure, the sound, the movement, and the different ways people interact with what people hear, see, and articulate in words is… I simply love words and the life they can bring. So one of the first pieces in my book is when I attempt to capture the world of writing and how it impacts my life, my thoughts, my soul. I say attempt because th ...