I am now a woman, older, wiser, more or less set in her ways, living on her terms, accepting of her past who yearns for truth. I yearn for the kind of truth found in experience and the lasting love of familial bonds. It’s interesting for me to see my own personal growth and development as a writer as I come back to pieces that I’ve written decades ago, to read comments on my work, to see this platform as both a home and the opportunity that presented itself to me by creatives who I see and acknowledge as family. This poem to me, written by a fellow South African speaks to me of the natural world, incidents that are found there and not in humanity at all. Words are powerful and so is the pen in the hands of this poet. I find it truly inspirational when I meet the imaginative mind of a female intellectual who is also a poet and fellow creative making their way in this world. Don’t stop writing, inspiring and being a mentor to other emerging writers. Female voices in writing are important. Female voices of color need to be heard.