A world without poetry and art would be too much like one without birds or flowers: bearable but a lot less enjoyable.

— Aberjhani

Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity: between men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-not, self and self.

— Aberjhani

Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/hindmost of our colors are amazingly the same.

— Aberjhani

Between death and hell a bridge shining silver wings offers his soul hope.

— Aberjhani

Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.

— Aberjhani

Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.

— Aberjhani

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

— Aberjhani

Death wins nothing here, gnawing wings that amputate––then spread, lift, fly.

— Aberjhani

Democracy is not simply a license to indulge individual whims and proclivities. It is also holding oneself accountable to some reasonable degree for the conditions of peace and chaos that impact the lives of those who inhabit one’s beloved extended community.

— Aberjhani

Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.

— Aberjhani