Tag: empowerment
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Resilience is a seed that will come to flower
I know I have power and I know its from my history from the freedom fighters who gifted me my liberty to the warriors and legends inside my own family I know the electric charge of legacy that fires me I draw strength from my ancestry like we’re directly connected via USB at times the…
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What for
A rare outing of my face to wish you all a happy #internationalwomensday and share my latest poem inspired by this quote from the BBC sitcom Here We Go: “I actually like women’s football”“No need to say ‘actually’, no need to say ‘women’s’”“I… like… football”“There you go” The poem is called “What For” You’re articulate (for…
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Ice and Fire
Your heart was ice, Your heart was fire, You froze and blazed until I grew tired, Until it snowed upon my funeral pyre, You dragged me down but I flew higher, A phoenix risen from the fire, Preserved in ice and seared with ire, At last I’ll be what I desire, I’ll freeze and blaze and never tire, My heart is ice, My heart is fire. Today…
Serena Malcolm 