“If not for the tenderness, we might misconstrue our personal context as elements of our sacred humanity to fix rather than elements of our sacred humanity to learn from, journey with, and understand devotion to the art that is love.”

“Love, after all, is not a performance. It is an unmasking. It is an act of faith.”

“Here, we honor how love interacts with us all. Find togetherness in the sorrows and rage that can lead us to a healing most profound in the collective understanding that we are not alone. As we do this, may we find comfort and permission in other pieces that urge us to celebrate ourselves, melt into grace, and see ourselves for who we truly are.”

“You see, I am a great tragedy of love really. Once consumed of an extraordinary person, that is to say, I was once consumed extraordinarily. True love has both destroyed and contained me.”

“Vision blurred / but I could feel / the one place / the last of you / stayed in my heart.”

“That gap, the silence between maintenance and nurturing, became the space I had to cross.”