“My google search told me that when a wound heals, the new skin is only 80% as strong. This means it’s more vulnerable to being broken open again.”

“I’ve never really been able to define love or explain love or experience a love that didn’t hurt.”

"i value time off—and self-love

and what comes along with peace

such as breathing through the clear breeze

sometimes forgetting about my oxygen-thief"

“If I stopped looking for everything I lack, I could allow myself to expand.”

An admiration of love and a manifestation of freedom…

“This love I have for you is a pure one that I often struggle to express; with you, I struggle to be vulnerable, to dare greatly, and to trust that what I have to give is enough. It’s the pureness of a Mother’s love coded into my soul from the Divine Himself.”

"I killed my hair to revive my spirit."

A journey within to remember the essence of your true Self

But being me is what brings me peace. / What others think, / Will never give me this ease.

“We were invaded, raided, and traded. Then demanded that we keep our hair downgraded.”

Logic cannot heal you like love can…

“There comes a point when you open your eyes and realize that you are the main character of your story. You realize that you no longer need to succumb to someone else’s narrative, and from there, you begin to live.”

This poem delves into the insecurities that people face when they imagine what their metaphorical “box” may have inside.

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’m relearning how to love and honor my inner voice and spirit; I’m reprogramming the negative thought patterns and destructive self-talk that triggers self-doubt to rear it’s ugly head.

Good things can and will happen to you.

Choose which line speaks to you…

“Closing her eyes and beginning to run her right fingers through the strings playing the tune of her soul, she softened.”

Our parents have good intentions, but what happens when fear is masked as protection?