Because I feel like a 10, it’s a make-up number.A number that can change to one single digit.That is stagnant for a while.It can change to my lowness of my inner being,as I grappled at life, to try...

I wondered about self, and thought, How can I bring self to know self? It’s the outer that shines and beams with smiles and good talk, walk on pavement steps so high to climb. But who is listening...

Every day is a new lesson, even when you think you've learned none. Decisions, good or bad, teach us, how to grow and move on. Mistakes are not meant to define, or to diminish our character. Instead,...

She called her a beautiful soul, beautiful soul. Did she feel it? Did she know it? What did she see? I’ll tell you. She saw a soul that cried, a soul that was bruised Till every scar represented...

Gifted comes in two parts, the first being a gift. The gift, you are the gift. Gift of being born, of this melanin. Constructed and restructured,  for greatness. Greatness that...

Why does the black Woman that think her worth is not recognized? Why her, mothers and daughters struggle to fight? Why do grandmothers be mothers taking care of each other? Taking care of life,...

One day to cry and say yes, we made it,  but we are not there yet. Holding hands like entwined wool  of all shapes, colors, sizes and textures. Black, brown, white and in between, cry...

First, it was easy, it was fun and light Like a random vacation awarded overnight. Now twelve days have passed and I’m getting quite antsy The farthest I go is a walk to the pantry. All I do is eat,...