Category: Story
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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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Writing Poetry
Poems write themselves Like heartbreak creating tears Courage driving away doubt and fear The pen moves like water Across a tin rooftop During a rainstorm And the heavy flow refuses to stop Forever dripping words of beauty and truth Tales of hope Moments centered around growth And the follies of youth Poems write themselves As…
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Protagonist
Protagonist You are dazzling stories yet to be told. A protagonist dead set on achieving your goals. Who will the antagonist be? A crime syndicate or political coverups and treachery. You are the crusader eagerly working to create a life more abundant than yesterday. You are the last standing force between good and evil working…
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Waiting In Truth
Waiting In Truth The truth lies in the back of a still throat, waiting to be expressed, acknowledged and heard. Desiring to be picked up by the five senses of a person tuned out to the world. To be seen in the dazzling break of day. To dream of being etched into history books that…
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Story time: Rhythm Of Life
Rhythm Of Life When I was but a child Every year, before the first frost Turned moving vitality into hibernating stillness I would watch all the ducks fly away I can still recall asking my Mother, Where are the birds going? She smiled into my eyes and said, Their going south for the…
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Simple Words: Bedrock
Bedrock Your love is the solid bedrock of an electrifying existence. Breath life into my story once more… Thank you for reading, Esha <3
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