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Right Here

April 12, 2015 By Natalia Corres

They say time is the measure, the measure of a life;
but what is life without doing, of doing that which is right.
For life passes for each, for each, for each.

For when I die, I die righteously knowing
I did right:

right now

right here.

—Portia Choi
(Based on a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Portia Choi
Portia Choi

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: National Poetry Month

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  1. Annis Cassells says

    April 13, 2015 at 9:20 am

    Amen, Portia. Thank you. xoA

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