Dear End of Terror,
May you rest
In peace
This night
Body of hurt
Breathe easy
May rest
Bring new light
Memory
Your heart
Space widen
May wide truth
Sink deep
Sing wide
True
To each part
May each war
Remember
Body
Holy body
Grow soul
-Vanessa Huang
Used by permission.
Photo by: Morgan Bassichis
Vanessa Huang is a poet, writer, and community organizer whose practice draws on a history of collaboration with and teachings from the prison abolition, migrant justice, gender liberation, transformative justice, disability justice, and reproductive justice movements. Vanessa's poetry manuscript quiet of chorus was named a finalist for Poets & Writers' 2010 California Writers Exchange Award. A Macondo and Kundiman fellow, Vanessa lives in Oakland, California and also works as a consultant for social justice organizations.
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