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We learned to let our faces hide
our selves, to speak our story in a private
tongue, the past a shadow in our bones.

— Lisa Suhair Majaj Geographies of Light (2009)

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Bless poetry books that cross oceans
in battered envelopes,
bearing small flames of words.

Geographies of Light (2009)

No matter how far you've come, remember:
the starting line is always closer than you think.

Geographies of Light (2009)

Part of it hides behind the headlines
where this shard of the story will never be told.

Geographies of Light (2009)

These words are the weight
cupped in our palms:
the small broken note of freedom.

Geographies of Light (2009)

The distance between one breath and another
is like the miles starlight travels to reach
my dreams.

Geographies of Light (2009)

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