Saturday, July 13, 2024

LUCILLE CLIFTON ~

 




won’t you celebrate with me


what i have shaped into


a kind of life? i had no model.


born in babylon


both nonwhite and woman


what did i see to be except myself?


i made it up


here on this bridge between


starshine and clay,


my one hand holding tight


my other hand; come celebrate


with me that everyday


something has tried to kill me


and has failed.



_________________

Lucille Clifton

The Book of Light

Copper Canyon Press, 2023