Depression is a real deal in our society today, but we tend to turn a blind eye and pretend it doesn’t exist. Just because you do not understand, does not mean it does not exist. Let us try to be more sensitive to those around us.
THE DISEASE CALLED IGNORANCE | DEPRESSION Read More »
When was the last time you looked in the mirror and said “You are beautiful and smart and precious and wondeful. You My darling are amazing”
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This is not an offensive poem, but a call to reality, those little comments and reactions to lightskinned people as though they are counterfeits.
DO NOT JUDGE ME BY STANDARDS YOU WISH NOT BE JUDGED BY.
PREJUDICE OF A LIGHTSKINNED GIRL | \”Too White to be Black\” Read More »
Have you ever wondered how easy children laugh, cry, love and forgive? they are so thrilled by the little things. They enjoy the bubbles and laugh at your laughter.
Why do we forget about these things as we grow older?
Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you will look back and realise they were the big things – Kurt Vonnegut
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There is an assumed desperation when a single female of “marriageable” age is single, why do we pressure ourselves and others into getting married? We forget so easily that marriage is not a competiton, it is not about who went in first.
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Life is in stages, never give up, even when it looks like it isnt working. Keeping pushing through
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Do not let anyone get comfortable disrespecting you.
There is a difeerence between sacrifice and foolishness.
LIVING LIFE ON YOUR TERMS | SELF-RESPECT Read More »
Compliment does not equate consent, That your eyes can see my beauty, Gives you no right to exploit it, Didn’t your mama teach you, Look, but don’t touch. I am woman, intricacy personified, Playing the teams of; Frailty and strength, Rigidity and leniency, Wisdom and foolishness, Beauty and grotesque. Beauty is a state of mind,
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THE GREATEST LOVE STORIES BEGIN AND END WITH YOU He loves, he loves me not, A dying circle as the petals dance to the beat of the wind Kissing the floor with the hopes of reincarnation, Why can’t you say you love me? Stolen glances, feeble touches, shy words, All a non-standing declaration or not. He
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The danger of fractured morals, To be on the edge of right and wrong, Backs turned on “righteous” upbringing, Hearts craving the safety of mama’s words, Who to obey? How easy it must be to let go and let in, Or the difficulty of a heavy conscience, The skin is mine to flaunt, Open for