We Are A Collection of Memories...

We are a collection of memories...
Photo and Text by Carlton Mackey
November 23, 2012

Trusting Things Will Be Better

I've really been trying to process the losses that three people close to me have experienced recently. All three lost siblings very suddenly. I often write when trying to grapple with these heart breaking and sensitive (though sometimes restoring) situations. This piece may potentially offer no solace, but it is what came to me today.

We must trust
not in knowledge
as the source of
our power
we must thrust
onward knowing
that knowing
isn't ours
we must bridge
now with never
on our journey to forever
trusting, not knowing,
that things will soon
be better.
-carlton mackey
(02/02/2012)
for Angela Higginbotham, Courtney McCoy Waller, Jacquay Waller, Cecilia Genetta White 

STANDING AT THE EDGE

i'm standing at the edge
and i know what is ahead
and i know what is behind
which is all the more reason to find
the courage to move forward.
but it is here that I fear
so near that I can hear
the sound of the waves crashing
and the earth moving
just beneath my feet
but to speak of going back
is more frightening than the lack
of courage that i need to move forward.
so i'm standing at the edge
waiting for the right moment
to forget
that i was ever too afraid to move forward.
-carlton mackey