Poems by Alice Walker

• Every time

you

die

you

live

differently.

• The end

is coming

yesterday

it was

here

too.

• Those

who remember

have

been touched

by us.

• The dead

do not

have

long

to wait

for birth.

• We do not

know

anything

think

of that.

• Virginia

was

right

to be

insane.

• Fearless

lie down

beside me

I cannot

bite emptiness.

• Why not

choose?

• Do not

cling

to being

lost.

• Who taught us

to ask

for

that

which

makes

us

weep?

• You will

long

for

me

and

I am

inside.

• Take a

risk-

grow old.

• When we die

the

ocean

of

Life

closes

over

us.

• We are

protected

by

nothing

but

our

thoughts.

• Believe in

no God

that

does not

believe

in you.

• Do not

repeat

everything

you've

learned.

• I am not

so

easily

killed

as

you

thought:

So firmly

am I

a part

of

you.

• We must

dream

our

way

out

of this.

• These poems were some of many out of a book called A Poem Traveled Down My Arm by Alice Walker. I really enjoyed this book of poetry. Check it out sometime if you can.
• Enjoy your weekend~