ayanna florence 🌸

Octavia E. Butler once said, “There’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers–at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”

this is me being my own answer. this is where i learned to trust myself. this is what protection looks like. what reclamation looks like. what forgiveness looks like. now, i breathe freely again, if not for the first time, and i am no longer afraid.

“come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.” - Lucille Clifton

“parable i”, from my forthcoming debut full length poetry collection, unreliable narrator (Button Poetry, 2026), out on 01/26/2027. pre-orders available now. are you ready?