"I write for those whose voices have not been heard. I write to give life to hollow words. I write for the mothers who suffer in the dark. I write for the victims of domestic violence beaten down like dogs that cannot bark. I write for the prisoners who are held in social isolation. I write for the young men who face incarceration. I write for the entire world's salvation. I write to be free of the streets that tried to bury me. I write because I rose from the grave with the helping hand of another freed slave. I write for the sleeping child who has yet to survive the wild. I write for our God more...
