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Hope Like Water
I must admit I don’t know much about you The first ocean in which I’ve ever swam You were there in my mother’s womb And every other home in which I’ve ever lived I drink you And you consume me I cook with you From pieces of your soul I feed my children And we bathe in your arms Watching as you carry us Water Invisible Yet nurturing I know not what you are Not exactly I think you’re spiritual Because you left your DNA in my skin Your truth dripping as it clung onto my bones Like breath of life escaping my lips A misty cloud A forehead kiss Or a mother’s smile And the world is yours to conquer When she winks her eye And you know you got this You’re there to fulfill all our needs A spiritual fluid That man has not fully understood Like heaven right here on Earth Miracles In the desert If I could bottle hope I imagine it’ll look something like you If I could taste on my lips expectation I imagine paradise would taste Something like you If truth could be wrapped up in one word If hope could manifest itself… Continue reading
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Why Perms Are Afraid of Water
This is part two in a three part series. Read Part Three Here: Why Natural Hair is Dehydrated Read Part One Here: Hair and the Nervous System If you don’t know about the health deficiencies of the relaxer by now, then you just don’t know. Perms and relaxers have been a long time favorite of… Continue reading
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Don’t Regret the Rain
No, this is not symbolism; I’m actually really talking about rain here. We’re always taught, directly or indirectly, to regret the rain. To mentally throw our fist into the air and shout invisible slurs into the ears of angels; to curse the very nutrients coming down from the heavens. I may be one of the… Continue reading
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