Art Sanctuary
I would always choose to be the person running
rather than the mob chasing
I would prefer to be the person laughed at
rather than the teenagers laughing
I always admired the men and women
who sat down for their rights
And held in disdain the men and women
who spat on them
Everyone deserves Sanctuary a place to go
where you are safe
Art offers Sanctuary to everyone willing
to open their hearts as well as their eyes
Nikki Giovanni
Posted over on the Writer's Almanac
"Art Sanctuary" by Nikki Giovanni, from Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea.
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