E. Amato on THE CORNERS OF MY SHAPING

(THE CORNERS OF MY SHAPING is a collection of essays, stories, poems, journal entries, life. Order your copy @ www.poetcd.com)

Jaha's greatest gift is that she can give yourself back to you. All those little pieces you've been holding back for fear of not being understood, the ones you pimped and the ones you ho'ed, the ones you loaned and didn't get back and the ones that were straight up stolen. Jaha will give them back to you. Until you are the only you that you truly recognize and honor. That is the gift to inspire, the one that makes us all better even if sometimes it is only momentary.

You cannot pay Jaha what it costs her to live, experience, process and then turn into art this life she is inhabiting and you cannot pay for what it will mean to you as you read it and hear her voice come to life.

E. Amato