My Time…

Yeah, (I was a girl lost looking for love), To my daughter and everyone in between, (I walked through fire in my own skin), Left behind yesterday, embraced where I’ve been, (And now I’m standing right here), With strength in my eyes, a future clear. Yeah, they gotta recognize the climb, I’m at the peak,Continue reading “My Time…”

No Giving Up

From scrubs to suits, I’m shifting lanes, In college halls, embracing change. My journey’s more than grades and books, It’s ’bout the leaps of faith I took. Once nursed the sick, healed wounds and pain, Now law’s my path, a new domain. In courtrooms where justice sings, I’ll fight for truth, let freedom ring. MyContinue reading “No Giving Up”

“Two-Faced: Unveiled Facades”

She sipped on dreams like white champagne, intoxicated by his love’s cocaine, But the high faded, unveiled the dealer’s game, Diamonds of trust turned into shards of disdain, Inhaled his lies, exhaled the pain. Two-faced, unveiled facades, (unveiled facades) Her heart’s a trip, lost in his mirages. (lost mirages) He’s like a toxic melody, gotContinue reading ““Two-Faced: Unveiled Facades””

B.L.A.C.K. M.E.N.T.A.L.

B.L.A.C.K. M.E.N.T.A.L. Be Love Accountable Caring Kind Motivate Enlighten Nurture Talk Acknowledge Listen It has always been frowned upon for a black man to be vulnerable, weak and emotional. He was never encouraged to seek therapy or to express his problems. Instead it was instilled into him to hide his pain and, just “man up!”Continue reading “B.L.A.C.K. M.E.N.T.A.L.”

WOMEN, NON EXISTENT

Women, created from a man’s rib to be his partner Not beneath, behind or out of sight But next to him as his equal Giving up all of who she is for you Left begging for attention, affection and admiration She is not seen Left to fight for the right to breath To speak ToContinue reading “WOMEN, NON EXISTENT”

To Be Excepted Or Not To Be

To Be Excepted or Not To Be I am me Confused and left out Bi-Racially Partially excepted by one race while barely acknowledged by the other I am racially mixed Raised by a black man and born to mixed woman Living in an all-black culture, identifying as black was who I thought I was ButContinue reading “To Be Excepted Or Not To Be”

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