Feeling the Anointing
“You know when I woke up today, of all the things I thought I'd be doing, faking a healing was not on my to-do list. And yet, here I was doing exactly that. “
Leaning Into My Self
“Rather than what I’ve accomplished and the skills I put on my resume that change in value depending on external factors, I’ve possessed an understanding that the person I am beneath all of that is actually what’s worth putting at the forefront. “
Forever Young
“How come we know things about ourselves and the world without ever quite learning about them? Have we perhaps been here on this Earth before?”
We all need something to believe in.
An observation of faith and embodiment of my ancestors.
Always leaving: as in poetry, so in life
“As a poet, I write of mass Black exodus, ancient memory, unspoiled land and what I mean is that I want somewhere of my own.”
Love Song in the Breeze
“When the snow falls and the thunder rumbles, do you listen for the stories that they tell?”
Sabeel: A Path
This poem expresses the cycle of our lives; how innocent souls come to face the harsh and cruel world. They turn into monsters and the cycle carries on. But no matter how dark it gets, our souls will shine again one day.
The Waves That Guided Me to Your Refuge
You are the Most Kind and Most Merciful, bountiful with forgiveness; Your Illuminating Light floated me back up towards the glimmer of shimmering sun rays peeking through…
"I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay."
— Tracee Ellis Ross