The Nature of This Flower Is to Bloom

And for ourselves, the intrinsic “Purpose” is to reach, and to remember, and to declare our commitment to all the living, without deceit, and without fear, and without reservation. We do what we can. And by doing it, we keep ourselves trusting, which is to say, vulnerable, and more than that, what can anyone ask?

—June Jordan, in a personal letter, 1970