I was proud of my exhaustion, as if the darkness circling m… - Saeed Jones

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I was proud of my exhaustion, as if the darkness circling my eyes was proof of my adulthood. Proof that I could hold my own, no longer just a son or grandson but an I.

Saeed Jones

How We Fight For Our Lives · October 8, 2019 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985) is an American poet.

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I was proud of my exhaustion, as if the darkness circling my eyes was proof of my adulthood.

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A woman raises a boy into a man, loving him so intensely that her commitment finally repulses him.

Too much had happened for me to keep waking up surrounded by the lie of continuity.

We’re not crazy. We’re just not in the dark anymore. And my goodness, we can see you so clearly now.

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