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Quotes from Poems from a Black Boy — Kiminou Knox

born 2005 United States

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Unbecoming isn’t weakness; it’s the beginning of finding the truth beneath the layers.

Poems from a Black Boy (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)

I’ve learned that freedom isn’t the absence of it—it’s the willingness to stand under the weight, to let it shape me into someone stronger.

Poems from a Black Boy (2025)

I learned to walk the tightrope between threat and survival, to smile when I wanted to scream, to fight when I longed to be held.

Poems from a Black Boy (2025)

The mirror was his enemy, its truth sharper than any insult.

Poems from a Black Boy (2025)

They made me a weapon, then feared the sharpness of my edges.

Poems from a Black Boy (2025)

I do not write for permission. I do not exist for approval. I am the dream and the dreamer.

Poems from a Black Boy (2025)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kiminou Knox (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.