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What I Have

What I Have

I fall down in my promise keeping, sometimesCaught up in my ignoranceAsleep at the wheelBinding up my boldnessI have stopped blaming others I am in the process of repentingHolding harmless the ones who harmed meForgiving them as I have finally forgiven myselfBecause...
In the Shade

In the Shade

In the shadeour shades are not so differentBut with timeI wonder if that will changeI wonder if the goldenand the chocolateof our brownswill cause a dividing of any kind In your shadeYou remind me of the joy eruptingIn my shadeYou remind me of molten wrathPeople who...
Juneteenth Bliss

Juneteenth Bliss

Some thoughts I’m riffin’ on: I know I am a slave’s dream come true I know I am a Nigerian princess too come through But I don’t know a single soul not battling for their afterglow That freedom never came cheap That politic was slick and...

Eternal Perspective III

“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds…” My voice and history Feel like perpetual Robbery or Rape (capital “R”) that I try to see the beauty in Because Despite this history I never lost my divine Me Divine Like the Earth...