Writing Practice, January 4, 2005    
    Gail, Steve, Leatha

We are reflecting on our actions

thinking about what we’ve done 

we are doing this in the form of writing.

 

In my element

I am steeped in deep dialogue 

where I always want to be

where I went in all my affairs   

I sink my teeth in, dig in 

I go to work.

 

We are reflecting on our actions 

considering caution

I am reading bell hooks 

in her teaching she discovered

she could not please everyone, a goal

I, too, want to give up

and, yet, it repeatedly reappears

I want to give up

being white and having to say it right 

I want fearlessly

to continue exploration

I am where I’ve always wanted to be.