My grandparents were not born with silver spoons Every dime was earned That house down the hill, that fancy car, those intelligent offspring Yes they had it all "Perfect" you ask? Oh no, not even close, but somehow royalty ran through their veins They're gone now, but that same blood still flows The inheritance left behind was worth more than gold Dignity, pride, confidence, loyalty, power, respect, and the never changing word of God I honorably carry this with me daily, so will my children and my children's children Family Jewels.... Author: Unknown
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BEWARE... STRONG WOMAN.. Dream big but don't you dare act on it! Shine too bright and the shade will come Knowledge is a secret, you know nothing Have your goals but you better not reach them Don't you cry If mama is helpless what chance do we have Work hard with no expectations They won't notice Dress up, chin up, smile for the camera But leave it all at the door There's work to do and it has nothing to do with you Now after you've set everyone else up all nice and pretty That was 20 years ago... BEWARE STRONG WOMAN! Aurthor: unknown Inspired by the racist murder of nine worshippers at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 17, 2015. Who am I? I am bright, fun, Insightful, and done. Done with hypocrisy, stereotypes Judgment, and fantasy. Fantasy that says that I am not worthy Because of my genealogy. Genealogy that includes me in a courageous group of men and women, Soldiers for freedom, Fighting for the right to be human. Who am I? I am more than what you see, When glancing at me, As you wonder should I be, Next to her while I eat. I am more than the cynical comments Found scattered throughout various internet posts and blogs. I am more than a statistic, I am realistic, Realistically fed up with all of the hate - it goes both ways. I am destined to be great Because of my ancestors fate. Their fate was to die for my right to live In a world where the color of my skin Should no longer count as a negative. It's too late - too late to still fear Our intentional successes Brought on by our education no less. And our relentless desire to be Recognized as an integral part of this country's achievements. Who am I? I am capable, resourceful, successful - in spite of what they say. I am educated, creative, loving - despite the hate. I am an American proud of the heritage that presses me forward to be better - the pain, the struggle, the inhumane treatment - I will never forget Who are we? We are more than the color of our skin, Look deeper and then maybe We can live together freely. Choya Morrison A Startling Revelation I had a little talk with Briana’s dad Left me feeling sad Hell I was feeling real bad Cause I needed reassurance, needed to be sure That the love he says he feels is pure Honestly I just don’t know See there just isn’t a flow Or should I say vibe Although my love for him I do not hide I am not convinced it is he Who I should be with Belong to Say I do to I love you too to He doesn’t get it Says I’m on some mo shit I’m who he wants to be with But my inner child My wild child Says uh-uh, no way Not this day My heart should be safe In a comfortable place Anyone can provide All bullshit aside That long hard talk Convinced me that its time I walked Away and claimed my spirit And let him deal with Whatever demons he is possessed by Stressed by pressed by I have come too far to cry Traveled to far to turn around For some brother who keeps me down in the dumps My coffee deserves two lumps of sugar that is Because I have gone too long without taste Sweetness going to waste For nothing Soul searching and claiming my prize I dry my eyes and refuse to cry Watching dusk turn into dawn Finally my sunshine has come By Shamyra Kendricks DEAR YOU As the rain hits the pane of my window The pain of the distance between us is very real to me But so is the love Yes love I love you still It is in the still of the night I quietly, silently Reflect on the memories Of you and me and drift into slumber Awake into daydreams of me and you together I want to hear your voice The rhythmic timbre of the masculinity Of the hum of my name on your lips How I miss your honey-dewed kiss Dear You I Love you still I smile wide And my eyes brighten at the mention of your name And yes, oh yes My heart skips a beat As I journey down memory lane back to you Arms, strong arms that held me And sheltered me from the sting of naysayers Who spoke against our togetherness Opposites do attract The pomp and circumstance of artificial relationships We bypassed and relied on tried and true love Dear You I love you still I can’t get you out of my mind Make no mistake I have tried Seconds into minutes Hours into days You are imprinted upon my heart Like the DNA that maps me to my father’s lineage And denotes me as his child Dear you Make no mistake I have tried Emotions running wild I love you still By Shamyra Kendricks PrettyBrownGirl
With the big beautiful smile No one would ever know The kind of pain she hides PrettyBrownGirl With the big boisterous laugh No one could ever guess The kind of hurt in her past PrettyBrownGirl With the bright, shiny eyes Can’t escape the loneliness No matter how she tries PrettyBrownGirl Who chooses to hide Behind her love Behind her giggles Behind her smiles so wide Her story is not of molestation or rape She carries pain of a much different fate PrettyBrownGirl With her heart sweet and kind Surrounds herself with love To push the hurt from her mind She wanted her mother To love her Put HER before the DRUGS Now PrettyBrownGirl Forces her smile and shrugs Rehab after rehab Decades passed, nothing’s last, everything tried Pretty smiles fade Pretty eyes cry She copes with abandonment But is grateful for her grandparents Who taught her to be a lady And showed her love daily So she’s now grown With a beautiful family of her own Yet, from time to time, PrettyBrownGirl knows That the hole in her heart still shows She’s got melodies in her soul She’s put her faith, hope And trust in the Lord above PrettyBrownGirl, Please know you ARE loved Copyright © 2011 Camellia "Camille" Manns All Rights Reserved. I used to love him, now I don’t She used to love him But now she didn't He said he loved her a thousand times But when her pleas of loneliness and silent cries in the middle of the night went unanswered She changed her mind In the beginning it was different (isn't it always) He promised her the world Past the moon and the stars She believed him with her being (so it seemed) Took it all in And dreamed the impossible dream A world where the two of them were together Forever (maybe) Because in the back of her thoughts Doubt and uncertainty became kin And his touch no longer tickled her skin Because she felt it knew it Couldn't name it, didn't want to believe it But she knew he'd changed Her body changed forms Outwardly her stomach enlarged Inwardly she starved Because her craving for love was not being fed Her weight increased from the need to release all the hurt and pain Yet she remained coupled with him He grew slim Refusing to partake of the love on his plate And began to nibble at foreign delicacies Her heart broke and she took in all of his sins And attempted to mask what was no longer beautiful Although she knew the truth She refused to let go Afraid she'd never have another chance to be coupled For she felt she was no longer appealing to the male eye For she had extra packaging around the waist And her thighs were likened to thunder She felt huge Burdened by the knowledge that she had to let go For he didn't love her And yet she didn't know how to leave Her breathing was uneasy As she stepped across the bridal threshold She kneeled on the floor Near the bags he'd packed and placed by the door She couldn't move It was no longer unspoken But painstakingly clear His heart hadn't been there in years And through scorching tears She watched the person leave His heart was broken That was the true reason he couldn't give himself to her His momma never hugged him like he needed And his innerchild pleaded for her arms In his home, where he grew up, where he was from There was no warmth, love didn't flow So he didn't grow Stunted by childhood pain Unable to understand that his momma Thought depriving him of emotion would make him a better man And that's why he couldn't love her... By Shamyra Kendricks Dear you.... As the rain hits the pane of my window The pain of the distance between us is very real to me But so is the love Yes love I love you still It is in the still of the night I quietly, silently Reflect on the memories Of you and me and drift into slumber Awake into daydreams of me and you together I want to hear your voice The rhythmic timbre of the masculinity Of the hum of my name on your lips How I miss your honey-dewed kiss Dear You I Love you still I smile wide And my eyes brighten at the mention of your name And yes, oh yes My heart skips a beat As I journey down memory lane back to you Arms, strong arms that held me And sheltered me from the sting of naysayers Who spoke against our togetherness Opposites do attract The pomp and circumstance of artificial relationships We bypassed and relied on tried and true love Dear You I love you still I can’t get you out of my mind Make no mistake I have tried Seconds into minutes Hours into days You are imprinted upon my heart Like the DNA that maps me to my father’s lineage And denotes me as his child Dear you Make no mistake I have tried Emotions running wild I love you still By Shamyra Kendricks Blessings.. "I emasculated him with what I called a Blessing showered him with gifts took care of him, paid his bills got him out of debt kept him out of court and laws of his back cause that's what a good woman does So I thought... cause that's what momma did cause she saw her momma do it but my blessing was a cursing and it was worth nothing because he walked away from my purse strings to her and far so far from me... Because the truth was everything I did proved I could do it without him I could handle my own alone and that I didn't need him beside me and that caused him to do the one thing he didn't want to do cry see he would die for me look me in my eye and lie to me he would bleed for me drop his seed for me his seed in me but cry he needed to be needed and being with me depleted his male being his self worth his manhood because I was I N D E P E N D E N T and he pleaded from his inside to be who God created him to be a PROVIDER he wanted his place back and now my heart stung from the ache of the break from the pain of the stain of the tears on the pillowcase on his empty side of the bed because I emasculated him with what I called Blessings.... Written by Shamyra Kendricks BLACK WIDOW"I'm of the night Hourglass shaped Charming and gentle But if you dare disturb my web Or dare to misuse me I'll expose you to my macabre activities Entangle you into my web Perform my mating ritual Triple inject your ass With my poisonous venom Seductive kisses to the back of your neck Landing you flat on your back Paralyzing you with my poisonous bites Yes with those kisses you like And I'll seductively kiss you Again and again Then nest above you As my venom Brings you To your dying end" By Tonika Wheeler To purchase the book "Damaged Goods" go to www.tywheeler.com |
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