Xiomara The Poet X Quotes

And even that young I learned music can become a bridge between you and a total stranger. -Xiomara

It was just a poem, Xiomara, I think. But it felt more like a gift.

Maybe, the only thing that has to make sense about being somebody's friend is that you help them to be their best self on any given day. That you give them a home when they don't want to be in their own. -Xiomara

while I watch her hands, and face, feeling like she's talking directly to me. She's saying the thoughts I didn't know anyone else had. We're different, this poet and I. In looks, in body, in background. But I don't feel so different when I listen to her. I feel heard. -Xiomara

Remember anger is as much a sin as any Xiomara may have committed. We all need time to come to terms with certain things, don’t we?

I think about all the things we could be if we never told our bodies we will not build for them.