Where does the light get in?

Paint me a picture

So I may see

Sing me a song

So I may listen

Write me a poem

So I may reflect

When the days are dark

Art shines a light

It is our story to tell

A political show

Whichever way we go

Either the status quo

Or the rebel rising

It is my home

Beating with life

Light of my life

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Where does the light get in? explores art as a vital force of illumination — suggesting that poetry, music and image help us perceive, endure and respond to the political and emotional realities that shape the world we call home.

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