Love is a locked door, and I’ve never been the type to beg for keys.
Kiminou Knox Quotes
born 2005 United States
Kiminou Knox (born 2006) is an American poet, author, and athlete born in Hayward, raised in East Palo Alto, Bay Area, California. His work explores themes of Black identity, resilience, masculinity, and faith.
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31 quotes
Unbecoming isn’t weakness; it’s the beginning of finding the truth beneath the layers.
Poems from a Black Boy (2025)
I’d still pick you in a room full of choices, in a world where everyone else chooses me first.
Hopeless Romantic (2025)
I am the ghost that refuses to be buried, the hymn that rises through clenched teeth.
Poems from a Black Boy (2025)
We heal in pieces, in music, in laughter, in each other.
Poems from a Black Boy (2025)
If You are the answer, why am I drowning in questions?
Our Father (2025)
You can master the game and still lose the house.
The Spirit of Solomon (2025)
I don’t need to be the love of your life. Just the one who didn’t let you fall alone.
Hopeless Romantic (2025)
Poems from a Black Boy (2025)
I never tell lies—I just let them believe.
The Spirit of Solomon (2025)
Who prays for the man who played himself? Who cries for the fool who ran toward the flood?
The Spirit of Solomon (2025)
The kingdom I thought I built has fallen, but from its ashes, something new might rise.
The Spirit of Solomon (2025)
Why do my feet ache for the cliff’s edge when a whisper could have held me still?
Our Father (2025)
I’m not asking for the full revelation, just a glimpse to know I’m not lost.
Our Father (2025)
If You are my Shepherd, why does the void mouth my name like an old hymn?
Our Father (2025)
Poems from a Black Boy (2025)
The mirror was his enemy, its truth sharper than any insult.
Poems from a Black Boy (2025)
What is a king without women to kneel? A throne with no warmth, a crown that ain’t real.
The Spirit of Solomon (2025)
You don’t have to love me back. I already forgave you for the leaving you haven’t done yet.
Hopeless Romantic (2025)
Hopeless Romantic (2025)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kiminou Knox (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.