Voices: The Beauty of "We" |
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Each night, we sleep beneath the stars. In Niger they are immense, brilliant, complex. It seems as if only street poetry could solve the trigonometry of the heavens...
I have committed myself to these stars, that make speech vanish like vapor, these stars that bless and reaffirm the beauty of "we." After about three weeks, I am learning to call Niger home. The people here are incredibly warm and the sense of community... the sense of "we"... is very strong.
Ryan Morris 鈥�08, beginning his service in the Peace Corps in Niamey, Niger. Follow his adventure at
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