Category: feeling
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Embarrassing Journal Post: Get Your Eagle On
I been a dark skin sista all my life. Whether in a afro, locks, relaxed or tightly bound braids. I have spent my days as a black woman through and through. During my youth, I spent many days and nights feeling as though my blackness never matched up to societal norms. Growing up I wasn’t…
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About Love
It’s messy Interesting Strange Powerful Invisible Hard to prove But, oh so real It’s not something that you think It’s something that you feel That’s the miraculous thing about love Love always, Esha <3
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On My Father’s Shoulders
Today, I saw a toddler sitting on his father’s shoulders. It touched my heart to see the glee and the excitement in his eyes. It reminded me of my Dad and the wonderful moments we shared. Fathers are so important. I don’t think western society gives them the love and recognition that they deserve oftentimes.…
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Identity
You move even when your feet hurt And your heart burns When answers are few and far in-between And your soul yearns For something more than a warm body to lay next to A lover than takes from your essence But doesn’t appreciate you That shows you one mask after another So you pull at…
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Wait
Why can’t things be as simpleAs we planFragile, porcelain love slipping out of nimble handsBlood orange drinks start flowingFrom eroding dreams Differences with family, goals and values come into playHow many dates?How many credit card swipes?How many kisses and near misses?Before sex goes from a gift to a given? A missile ready to explode on…
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Bold Heart
Image by efes from Pixabay The feeling dissipates But I still remember the warmth I still crave the moment Looking for the next opportunity To be gathered up in caring arms To be told that I will be kept Safe from harm To be well thought of And loved in return My heart awaits the chance of exchanging the…
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Siren
Thoughts move A mile per minute Tangling themselves around little things, concerns and concepts That equal up to nothing in the end Electric pulses lighting up With every neuron fired Let the cerebellum run The functions I fail to think about While the cerebrum processes the memories And feelings that stir my heart beat It…
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