Parenting , Personal Evolution

Blowing It

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I have moments where I worry about the negative impact I am having on my kid.I blow my lid sometimes. I am working on it and am much better than I used to be but then she pushes just a little bit harder. (Loud SCREAM that leaves my throat sore) […]

Spoken Word

Colonizer

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You’re vultures of TraumaCreating a woundThen feeding on the flesh Peering into precious spacesTaking joy in the sufferingEntertainment for the massesClaiming you came to serveThen stealing from the poorCloaked in entitlement Claiming an inheritance That wasn’t yoursBecause the truth isYou are spiritually poorSo you seek their spiritsCelebrate their treasures With […]

Personal Evolution

Showing Up

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I don’t know if there is anything more defeating than realizing you are not the mother you always imagined that you would be.I think the older you are when you are first initiated into motherhood the more crushing this reality becomes. Maybe because you had more time to really solidify […]

Spoken Word

Fearing Me

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I have unbeknownst to myselfAlways feared becoming the woman who I have forever longed to be. Every woman I envied. Every woman I admired. Every woman I looked up to. Every woman I feared. I have always feared my own power.A fear that has no scentThat made no senseThat was […]

Spoken Word

Grieving 20s

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I feel like I’m grieving my 20s. An entire decade of my life. There is so much I lost in those years. So much life I lost. So much chaos. So much destruction that I then internalized into self-destruction while simultaneously building a career in the mental health field. I […]

Spoken Word

Wounded Lovers

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She longs for loverHer homieHer friendTo find resolution Forever apartOr together again. What is it that she longs for? His eyes remind herSomething in his soul that sought out to find her A woman to love A place to rest Escape from the lies A purpose in the quest. What […]

Spoken Word

Evolution

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Percolating in the backgroundThere is a new flavor of emotionCreating commotionIn slow motion I host it. Growing in the womb like an Egyptian tombOld dusty wisps of magicLets take a crack at itUnpack it It grows. Slowly unfolding and then explodingIn bursts and tinglesDuplicating out of singlesThen inter-mingles It spreads. […]

Personal Evolution

Jellyfish

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There was a story I heard once that went a little something like this… One day, two people were walking along the ocean shore when they came upon a beached jellyfish. Person one was immediately filled with concern and compassion. Searching for and finding a stick they began the tedious […]

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Holidays

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For many this time of year is filled with the hustle and bustle of prepping for the holidays. Putting up decorations, buying presents, attending holiday parties and school concerts, baking, wrapping, eating and repeating. All of which is done in addition to the regular grind of whatever one might be […]