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Laughter as Medicine
It’s been a long battle. I would like to say that it’s been easy but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. I hope this poem is a bit of inspiration for all that read it. Let the waves of life pass over You will not be moved Let the sun…
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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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The Mission of Writers
Writing is a nasty business. One minute you’re speaking with your whole heart. Baring the issues of your soul on a white paper that seems endless. The next minute your words dry up like a shallow puddle of water on a hot summer’s day. The words fade to black and the feeling of flowing letters…
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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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A Dream In The Pasture
A Dream In The Pasture fighting in your sleep last night left raccoon eyes coated in red a swaying yet diligent, bobbing head moves to dreamless cloud shaped melodies beyond you lies lavish emerald colored grass as far as the eye can see in the day, it calls for you at work beckoning…
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Given Up…
Given Up… We climb to the top together But doubt seems to push me down Stretched fingertips away from touching sky Now seconds from hitting the ground As I’m falling, you turn around And reach out for me Just when I had given up You grabbed hold of me That’s how I feel, Whenever people…
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