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Take the loss
Do not wake what you cannot put to sleep Do not ruffle what you cannot unruffle Do not cause ripples in my still waters Let my Loch Ness in her magnificence slumber Let her slumber and her mystery remain plausible but unknown Do not hunt above your weight class Graciously take the loss to maintain…
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Lunch bag and Kevlar vest
After nurturing my heart The love of my life Protecting her for five years I placed my trust in the state Delivered her to a safe haven Her pathway to enlightenment Her window into the world She was accepted by her teacher Her surrogate mother for the school year I forgot an important part It…
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Hello Daddy
How are you? Make sure you rest, the last few years were hard. Mom is okay, she smiles again. Your kids miss you, its too quiet without you. Mischief has reduced, its not mischief without the master. Laughter has visited again, just not the robust thigh slapping time it was. The sun isn’t as bright…
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My shoes
You haven’t walked in my shoes If they have never been stained By the red mud of Nyaribari Met a new face at every family gathering Traveled across oceans To find what you where escaping from You haven’t walked in my shoes If you haven’t doubted your credentials Suspected your inner imposter of failing up…
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Resting in Power
Disguised in a suite and smile You are not the caliber of person To write history through pandering You embodied achievement Through grace and conviction Left a mark Without raising your voice Required we conduct ourselves with dignity Gave a whole generation A whole race Pride, vision and a voice Taught the disenfranchised That they…
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Stick with me
I heard what a supportive relationship sounds like It wasn’t holding a grenade for the other Grand gestures Or even expensive gifts It was soft promises Backed with action The cultivation of the quiet confidence Quiet confidence of a secure partner The comfort to disagree with respect To debate without argument To laugh at ones…
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Just keep trucking
Sometimes it’s small victories that make you smile, And you celebrate inappropriately with hoots and hollers, Other times small disappointments make you give up, Pack it all up and never look back, Amazing that what should be a debilitating blow so easily shaken off, Because you don’t recognize the excuse to quit. Then you get…
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The Cry of an ailing soul
Have you ever been stripped of your right to yourself The right to make your own choices The right to make choices about your child The voice to say your feelings Have you? Does the burden of others cause a sentence for you Is the warden a family member I have been advised to quit…
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One sided spark
A few of my friends and I are back in the dating dog scene. For some, relationship imploded, some looked up from their career and where lonely and a few, we’ll, they never left. A story that broke my heart is the ultimate ghost. I will tell you this story but keep in mind I…
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Becoming a Woman
Today I saw my sister become a woman She has had a hard couple of years Felt powerless and burdened Felt like she was screaming into the abyss Violated and misunderstood Curtailed and suffocated Well, she made a stand She understood that her stand would have repercussions She took it anyway I promised to stand…
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