I Will Be Silent
Valentine Okolo
Top 10 Best Quotes
“You are a water nymph from the ocean rising.”
“One We are pulled to each other like paper clips into the embrace of magnetized iron like a lightning rod hailing the finger of thunder, and we can't say why.”
“Earwax Allow me to slowly undress your hair and make love to your ears.”
“Black Girl Your skin is dark chocolate dipped in honey. You are a delicious shade of melanin.”
“Youth You are the breath of dandelion seeds. An explosion of fresh fuzziness and abundant zeal, unanchored by the labors of this life.”
“You seldom beg when you walk the streets, immune to the music blearing from record shops and cheap MP3 players.”
“You & I Both of us are like two hands in a painting, gliding towards each other in the dark. Trying to communicate a message, that no words, but only touch can express.”
“Woman, may you always remember your birthright. For you are salt; the jewel of the sea, the maiden with a thousand shimmers.”
“When your mates tossed soccer balls and braided each other’s hair, you were issued a Kalashnikov, given a rag tag uniform, and set upon the path of Hannibal instead.”
“What is Raven from my perspective? I believe it is the collective consciousness of the suffering masses melding into one voice. I believe it is conscience personified. Perhaps, a messenger with a message. Or even, the depths of my consciousness rising to the surface. Whatever it is, “Raven” started me on a quest. And I have been on this journey for quite some time.”
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