.. it is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words.
even if you don’t have friends somewhere, you still have language,
and it will find you and wrap its little syllables around you
and suddenly there will be a story to live in.’
~ naomi shihab nye
I met her once, told her we had studied some of her poetry in school. She thanked me for my exuberance.
.. it is really hard to be lonely very long in a world of words. even if you don’t have friends somewhere, you still...