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C.Chappelle's avatar

Saving this to read over and over and over ❤️

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Yoda Olinyk's avatar

ditto <3

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Sarelle McCoard's avatar

Damn!! So perfect for this day and this time.

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Julie's avatar

This poem is a rollercoaster -- powerful and funny and dark and and and...

Thank you so much for sharing.

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Marion R's avatar

"bright dark of my soul" reverberated in my bones. Thank you Saeed.

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Mary Beth Kelly's avatar

love this so much, came across it at the perfect time

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Sara Lynn Eastler's avatar

This perfect, especially god as a Black woman considering Chaos was feminine force that used parthenogenesis to create her children like Gaia and all humans can be traced to a single mitochondrial Eve in Africa. :-)

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Marcie Alvis Walker's avatar

Every time I read it (six times and counting) I feel more and more like it’s possible. Thank you!

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Tara's avatar

The bright pangs of truth and pain are shouting to me. Thank you for your voice and thank you for sharing your voice.

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Tara's avatar

I think I stole bright from your poem. Brain is pulsing--my apologies! Going to try and sit within this for a bit.

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Cari Grayhammer's avatar

This this this

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Susan Leibik's avatar

Mercy! Thank you for this energy!

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Audrina L's avatar

My God, Saeed!! The last two paragraphs of this poem have me in tears.

I don't have the words to express how amazing this poem is. THANK YOU, for writing and sharing this.

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Jillian’s Journal's avatar

Truly madly deeply needed this this this. Thank you 💜

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Kate Mapother's avatar

I’m so glad you’re here. Thank you Saeed.

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Kharma Amos's avatar

Stunning. Thank you.

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Chandra Kamaria's avatar

'I am evicting America from my body'... that's an affirmation.

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Marcie Alvis Walker's avatar

Also have you listened to Bill Withers’ Make a Smile for Me?

https://open.spotify.com/track/7EiujtpJ3Ty0RcFhMHDHhZ?si=T174uubLRdeDOVNAZT6xzw

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