I Am Not Just A

What You Hear In My Voice Is Fury, Not Suffering. Anger, Not Moral Authority

I Am Not Just A Lesbian. I Am Not Just A Poet. I Am Not Just A Mother. Honor The Complexity Of Your Vision And Yourselves.

Your Silence Will Not Protect You.

Nothing I Accept About Myself Can Be Used Against Me To Diminish Me.

Some Problems We Share As Women, Some We Do Not. You [white Women] Fear Your Children Will Grow Up To Join The Patriarchy And Testify Against You; We Fear Our Children Will Be Dragged From A Car And Shot Down In The Street, And You Will Turn Your Backs On The Reasons They Are Dying.