Words Like Love by Tanaya Winder

Author:Tanaya Winder [Winder, Tanaya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780826362629
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

to write in order to release, let go, break down, and cry.

I tell him “maybe try to incorporate music, I know it lifts me.”

His response “But, I don’t think I can sing.”

I say, “Baby, it doesn’t matter

whether you’re on or off key it’s about honoring

and using your voice.” His song of choice: Blackbird.

The next day he riffs between verses: why you wanna fly,

blackbird? You ain’t ever gonna fly.* And he hits every note.

At the back of his throat, I can hear that past anger turn

to harmonious hope and though he still won’t speak it,

Patrick sings it. Later, he’ll tell me there is a difference.

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