December 2010
5 posts
“Either way, change will come. It could be bloody, or it could be beautiful. It...”
– - Arundhati Roy
WatchEvery year Youth Speaks honors the contributions of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. in this dynamic night of poetry and performance. The annual “I Have a Dream” speech remix keys an evening of insight into the issues of the past, the problems of the present, and the promise of the future.
Youth Speaks Inc. kicks off our 15th Year by Bringing the Noise for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday...
“I don’t care if I fall as long as someone else picks up my gun and keeps...”
– Ernest Che Guevara
Mask
I wear a mask to mask to mask my lack of love
I wear a mask to protect the hearts I indefinitely break
I wear a mask to cover the shame of never letting my heart pour onto shoulders of queens who rule kingdoms greater than mine
My mask protects me from the truth of what lies beyond 26
I pull it over my head and show it off to make others believe I am not scared of the future
This mask is...