Category: family
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Good Things
Good Things Sometimes, it’s hard to see the goodness in the world But it’s there… The lens may get a little foggy in the midst of rain The beauty hidden by the murkiness of a cloudy day Covered by the dim lamp shade of turbulent news But it’s there… Tucked under rocks, pushed forward by…
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New Years Vibe
New Years Vibe Season’s Greetings, Are due to you And everyone who made it through This crazy ass year Full of shock and walled in tears It ends the minute The countdown begins: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…. So let the dazzling gold and silver confetti fly Let it twinkle and fall Like so…
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Auntie’s House
The little things I didn’t value as a child I now reflect on with nostalgia as an adult. Looking back, I realize those were the good days. Some of my fondest memories are now etched in spoken word. I hope you enjoy your visit to Auntie’s House. Auntie’s House faint sounds of birds…
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Please Come Home Black Bird Recluse
This poem means so much to me and writing it nearly broke what’s left of my heart. I hope you enjoy it. Unacknowledged blood bonds Massaged over distinct whispers of distrust You preferred to live in calamity rather than attempt to repair us So we move in a familiar yet unfamiliar space A place that…
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The Struggle 101
family drama has a hold on me It eats out the SOUL of me I cared SO DEEPLY and even when the world gave up on YOU i BELIEVED nO USE IN denying You stood in the GAP for me Supported me when I went from the hood To the finer things Scholarship…
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Black Women Super-Shero
I gave birth to civilization And stood by Malcolm X I am the most hated woman on the PLANET bABIES feed from the breast of women But LOOK at what the FCC did to Janet I whoop ASS and take names Put bad guys to Shame Telliport home tO put Dinner…
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