the slow roll of your eyes, the tilt of your head, the sneer of my lips, judging another’s youthful enthusiasm, joy for joy’s sake, labeling her cuz you grown, you grown cuz you gots a baby, but any fool can spread her legs, and let a man in… To be really grown, Grown Your Mind, …
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Thank you …
Less than a year ago, I began this journey in writing. I have grown through it and because of it; actually that part is inevitable, if I don't continue to grown then I die. And maybe that is the point. As human beings we must never stop growing and learning. Stopping is the end. Thank …
Woods Revisited
In the night my tears did flow In the night I called for help Twisted words answered me back And cut my heart to rubies In the sparkling morn They showed me the way To a yellow wood A fork in the road A decision to be made In the night my tears did flow …
Heroes and Villians….
Review of The Hero Always Wins by Robert Eaton Never judge a book by its cover or by a really quick glance; initially the cover of Hero Always Wins reminded me of a romance novel, which is why it languished so long on the reading list. Oh, how wrong I was. It was the perfect …
Dear Cancer
Dear Cancer, Tonight I found out that you are killing another friend of mine; draining his life away before the eyes of his loved ones. His spirit is tired and just wants to rest; sleep however, offers little relief. Life keeps moving on at a normal pace, but now thanks to you it exhausts him …
Nightmares Come
Nightmares come and go and Yet my mind remains - Loves come and go and Yet my heart remains though somewhat tattered - Religions come and go and Yet my soul remains though somewhat tattered Sometimes Stronger, Sometimes Weaker - Time passes and fades away and Yet somehow I survive though no fault of my …
Day Two of Gratitude:My Greatest Teachers
Each day that I go to school, I prepare myself for my students. Prepare to teach them and guide them where they need to be. And each day, they teach me something. One of my students, Sofie, left her abusive boyfriend, is now sleeping on her parent's sofa with her daughter. She didn't wait for …
Lucinda Rose 