I am The Rage Quotes

“Tolerate is not a word of friendship”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage

“What sadness we carry in ordinary times Because No matter how gruesome the travesties How egregious the atrocities How ludicrous the explanations How high the body count And even though we STILL, STILL, STILL cannot breathe These are, after all, for us, only ordinary times.”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage

“I wish you well in protecting your moral high ground But I now know I can no longer call you friend If I ever could”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage

“There are fragile hopes that die
On the fluttering wings of butterflies
But there is no life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness
Here”
― Martina McGowan, I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection

“Yesterday she thought she still had time to bask in the glow of a thousand tomorrows”
― Martina McGowan, I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection

“Will my child be human enough to return to me unharmed”
― Martina McGowan, I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection

“Shutting out the noise of the world And its violence I learn to listen In the silence Between the words Between the heartbeats For all that is unsaid I learn to hear the pleas of others When they do not know the lingo I learn to read their expressions See their almost-hidden pain Interpret body language and movement To comprehend what the body seeks to teach me There in the silence In the cadaver lab I learn to translate and transmute all of these little “nothings” Into relief for others There in the silence I learn my job My profession My definition My job is to listen”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage

“Who will hear a new story A new narrative A new anecdote about how we can live in actual, factual harmony and altruism Before we destroy ourselves.”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage

“Bass notes played by helicopters not too high above us By pilots who have not yet realized That this is all part of the native song of America Our national anthem of greed, violence, suppression, and oppression To which we have all learned to dance and dutifully accept Until the next time”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage

“The music has gotten away from the melodist
The dance has devolved into a tormented and ragged musical
Which we must reenact every few decade
Coming no closer to resolutions or solutions.”
― Martina McGowan, I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection

“But your vile language
And contemptible moral superiority
Can no longer be tolerated
And, in case you did not know,
Tolerate is not a word of friendship.”
― Martina McGowan, I am The Rage: A Black Poetry Collection

“I am the disappointment that breathes hot and silent Every time I am dismissed Discharged Dishonored Cast aside Counted as worthless or meaningless”
― Martina McGowan, I Am the Rage