Surrender to the Shadows
"The mixture of light and darkness gives her silhouette an angelic appearance"
Love Song in the Breeze
“When the snow falls and the thunder rumbles, do you listen for the stories that they tell?”
After Birth
“So I decided to give my attitude a switch, / Look at myself every day and give that girl a kiss; / No more over-analyzing the tiny flawed bits, / I’m reminding myself that I’m still the shit!”
The Fear of Letting Go
Our parents have good intentions, but what happens when fear is masked as protection?
The Song They Wrote
I contort your words / inside out until / they are mangled. / I can’t use syllables, / sound siphoned.
"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