Day and night Quote by Audre Lorde

“I am the sun and moon and forever hungry the sharpened edge where day and night shall meet and not be one. from “From the House of Yemanjá,” quote by Audre Lorde — Download Open image

““I am the sun and moon and forever hungry the sharpened edge where day and night shall meet and not be one. from “From the House of Yemanjá,””

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