Black and Blue

<p><em>Why do you hold your tongue? </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Perhaps you were taught your words were too weighty for the world to hold - and so you rebel and rage in silence. Or perhaps you fight back words that are sharp enough to wound - and so as a pacifist you push back your vitriol. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Your words struggle against the limits you have placed on your tongue. </em></p><p><em>Where have you compromised the unique power of your voice? </em></p><p><em>Have you grown bitter yet from all the truths unspoken? </em></p><p><em>Do they roughen your internal world and fracture your worldview? </em></p><p><em>Where do you safely unpack your overwhelmed emotion your trembling anger and your unmet desire?</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>First I invite you to start with your tongue. Understand the narratives twisted around your roots. Exercise your right to tell your story. And once you have successfully done that work I challenge you to speak your mind.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Cradled gently in a dialect of imagination and honesty Dorian Blue conjures an alluring collection of multidimensional poetry that dives deep into the social cultural and historical experiences of the queer Black body.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>