raging/blazing/brave
raging/blazing/brave
by Vanessa Maki
our fires are snuffed out early on in life
we as black women have to build our fires again
then the world rains down on us
& we re build our fires
we grab whatever we can find
paper, wood, lighter fluid
then we get our fires started up again
raging / blazing / brave
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Vanessa Maki is a queer writer,artist & other things. She’s full of black girl magic & has no apologizes for that. Her work has appeared in various places like Really System & others. She is also forthcoming in a variety of places. She’s founder/EIC of rose quartz magazine & is involved in other spaces as well. Follow her twitter & visit her site.
