in shadows weepsadness speaks of sorrowin dreaded dreama envision what isn'tholding tight to hopemy heart faints under the pressureparables of eternity fall from my lipsa metaphor of fate worriesit is a blackbird taken flightwith no place to landhaunting my...

in decency keep within halted needbestow upon me fated blisswhere sacred knowledge is keptand liars cower at the sighta flame grows brightersinners glory is recognizedhateful scorn in the morn weep for what wasin coveted shadows taken by a lover's...

  I sit here in silence as I watch my mother go through the ceremonial lighting of the candle. This is not something bad; it is the norm for our family. Once a year, we all, the female patriarchy of...