The Length of Heartbreak
unclean breaks
By Nichelle CalhounPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
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Photo taken by Nichelle Calhoun, Buenaventura, Colombia, February, 2022.
You quietly left
us - I live two forevers
waiting ev'ry night.
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Nichelle Calhoun
A daughter/granddaughter of the Great Migration telling Black stories from here, there, then and now.
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Powerful description of unsettled loss.