endurance
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Diamond in The Ruff
I decided to seek strength when pain took it upon herself to become the choir director of humanity in an anxious quest to play doubt on the strings of our faith she laughs… coughing up the twisted humor of her bowels you see she knows that our minds have been twisted by the craftiness of… Continue reading
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Never Having Been a Girl
This poem is based on a true story. A sista I know requested I write a poem based on her childhood. And after hearing her testimony, this is the result. Silence lingers on every street corner of her heart surrounded by the sounds of her own heartbeat the only child who knew that loneliness could… Continue reading
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The Power of Purpose
“The obstacles you encounter rarely have a coherent purpose of their own. They are just there, inconvenient and troublesome to be sure, but with nothing of substance to sustain them. You, on the other hand, have the extreme advantage of being able to choose and follow a definite purpose. By so doing, instead of randomly… Continue reading
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A Writer’s Art
“A writer – and, I believe, generally all persons – must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given… Continue reading
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The Day You Give Up
“The day you give up the fight is the day you have lost the battle.” Continue reading
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Betrayal
What happened when you read the title of this post? Did you hearken on a definition, or did your mind replay the events of the past? They say betrayal is something people do to the ones they love. How profoundly interesting a thought. The TV show The Strain, for instance, shows how the infected return… Continue reading
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Struggle
“We must embrace struggle. Every living thing conforms to it. Everything in nature grows and struggles in its own way, establishing its own identity, insisting on it at all cost, against all resistance.” – Rainer Maria Rilke What I love most about this quote is that struggle is such a powerful teacher. It passes… Continue reading
