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41 " And I crept into my eyes. Alone with my daydreams of being woman. "
― Sonia Sanchez , Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems
42 " death is a five o'clock door forever changing time. "
43 " it is midnightno magical bewitchinghour for mei know only thati am here waitingremembering thatonce as a childi walked twomiles in my sleep.did i knowthen where iwas going? traveling.i’m always traveling.i want to tellyou about meabout nights on abrown couch wheni wrapped mybones in lint andrefused to move.no one touchesme anymore.father do notsend me outamong strangers.you you black manstretching scrapingthe mold from your body.here is my hand.i am not afraidof the night.- Poem at thirty "
44 " They were coming again, thosewords insistent as his hands had been, pounding inside me, demanding their time and place. I relaxed as my hands moved across the paper like one possessed. "
45 " They’s men and mens. Some good. Some bad. Some breathing death. Some breathing life. "
46 " We all gotta salute death one time or ’nother girl. Death be waitin’ outdoors trying to get inside. "
47 " Her humming became the only sound in the park. Her voice movedacross the bench like a mutilated child. And I cried. For myself. For thiswoman talkin’ about love. For all the women who have ever stretchedtheir bodies out anticipating civilization and finding ruins. "
48 " Help me,Sandy. Listen to my talk. Hold my hand when I git too sad. Laugh at my fearsthat keep poppin’ out on me like some childhood disease. Be my vaccine,babee. I need you. Don’t ever leave me, babee, cuz I’ll never have a love likeyou again. I’ll never have another woman again if you leave me. "