Tag: strength
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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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No Apology
I make no apology for being me, I may wear my heart upon my sleeve, I may laugh like Marge, I may kiss my teeth and evoke a hamster when I sneeze, But I make no apology for who I am, My skin is wolf but my blood is lamb, Defender of truth and taker…
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Pip Talk
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out? Why dress up in another fruit’s skin? You’re an apple; of that there’s no doubt. Your uniqueness is to be embraced, Differences make this world grand, If all fruits had the very same taste, Life would be terribly bland.…
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The Flyers
The green, The black, The white, The stripes, The thrill of the fight, The delight of the graft, Two halves, And a whole lot of heart, And the laughs, (And the cries), And the cheers, (And the sighs), The battle calls from the sides, The banks burst as passion flies through the field, We never…
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Ode to the Sick Mother
Your head is pounding, Your muscles; they ache, You’re hot and you’re flustered, You’re in need of a break, You’ve got sick in your hair, You’re covered in snot, You’re eyes are all puffy, You’re sweating – a lot, You have a mountain of laundry, An overflowing sink, The kids all want dinner; You just…
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Phoenix
I lay a broken woman, Sobbing from within, I cursed my very existence, Laden with untold sins. I lost all hope, all passion, I lost my chance for truest love, I felt the world had turned its back and all I thrived on turned to dust. So in my wretchedness and squalor, At the lowest…
Serena Malcolm 