Let Me Give You the Proton--Nila Webster--United States

Let Me Give You the Proton

How can I ever tell you
What it is I need to tell you?

Let us become lexicographers
Let us write a new language
Where love equals love,
Where yes means yes
And no means resurrection from the dead
Where the geographical time scale
Turns out to be microscopic
And where the proton of an atom
Contains the whole universe.

Let me give you the proton:
If I can only find you
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Thoughts from Nila--Two years ago, my beloved mother, Rochester poet jani johe webster, left this earth. She will always be my guiding light and my North Star, and it is because of her magical ways that I treasure the gift of poetry, and the wonder of our imagination. In some ways, I will never get over losing her, and yet in other ways, I know her light is shining more brightly than ever.
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Nila J. Webster has been writing since a young age, thanks to the encouragement and support of her beloved mother, poet jani johe webster. In the last six months, Nila has donated over 41,000 picture books in her mother's honor, with more to come. If anyone knows of schools or hospitals that would like to receive a picture book donation, please let her know at nila.webster@comcast.net.