#worldwidepoetry
& the thing to understand
while being white
is not that
whiteness is evil,
as guilt and the devil
would whisper to us.
its also not that whiteness
is superior,
as skinheads and the devil
would shout at us.
the thing to understand –
that somehow slippery concept –
is that being white
is just
not the only experience.
it is, however,
the only experience
we’ll ever understand,
if we’re too afraid to listen.
“Healing Prayer”
Words by @girlwithtomatoes. Illustrations by @caolark
Thank you so much for letting me bring another of your beautiful poems to visual life, Sallie! You are amazing ❤️
Thanks@caolark for illustrating another of my poems! I love what you did with it! Yay collaboration!
walking home from favorite cafe:
a small boy rides a two-wheeler,
smoothly, but for the clomping up-downs
of the uneven panes of sidewalk cement,
lifted skyward by tree roots.
these same sidewalks
have hurt my biking butt
many a time. i always
try to bike on the road.
but a kid can’t do that.
his dad trails behind, jogging.
“you’re doing a great job buddy!”
the boy says:
“no i’m not!”
they leave me in their wake,
thinking, why am i so
often like the small
biking boy,
the chastising voice
in the midst of encouragement?
why does he talk to himself
that way?
why do i?
sallie mccann
