Category: Poem

Let’s March- slowly tho

Dark and light

Awake in the quiet minutes to midnight on the eve of March second

All is what is

February my love – thank you

Light and dark

Value and tone

Rinsed brushes – working late nights and early mornings

Shushing babies and challenging them to listen during the day – distractions be damned we can focus little loves- and we do

Watching the sky’s changing colors as the sun sets i whisper all the reasons i am grateful – especially on the draining days

Hasheesh warns against burnout and suggests finding balance

Done

Dark and light

All is what it is

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Divine Mama

She wakes me up to draw her

So she can pray

For me

For we

Divine mothers appear at every turn

Teaching me

Leading me

Learned God is a black woman

Praying more fervently now

It all makes sense

And then it doesn’t again

Two headed not two faced

Hearing the words they don’t say

Seeing the pain and the peace they don’t display

Don’t try to hide it I’ll see it anyway

She wakes me up to draw her

So she can pray

for me

for we

Divine mothers appear at every turn

Soul Shares:

https://dcs.megaphone.fm/CAD7333497420.mp3?key=e5dfdae458a46d25d1abebf7dde12c5b

https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-free/1453748262?i=1453748439

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AP73UWf0FE4

Art: Charcoal on paper – Tiffany Nicole

Falling for fall

drawing my dreams among the fallen leaves

sinking slightly into the earth that cradles me

am i the architect of my tomorrow?

engineering without fearing

knowing God is hearing the desires of my heart that i express in this here art

adding her own divine designs

Co-creation

enriched by the seconds, minutes, hours spent in this slightly tamed nature that nurtures us

i put my pencil down and look around as leaves continue to fall for fall

seasons change as do i

drawing my dreams among the fallen leaves

slightly sinking into the earth that cradles me

https://music.apple.com/us/album/lil-healer-feat-quinn-barlow/1534776511?i=1534776938

Photo: Coyote Cyris

Author’s note: happy 1st birthday to Xavier Omär‘s album if You Feel

prayer, thought, movement

The transformative power of prayer, positive thought, and movement

the air around me is electric and the breathe within me is a blessing

I dance slightly off beat on every Saturday that I can with beautiful humans from all over the world

Heartache won’t hold me anywhere even when it seeks me out

I shake it off as Dr. Wray leads us through a moving meditation

Our chests are open and turned up to the sky

Learning to move in time with the present moment

Touching the inner most parts of my soul and reaching out to the outer edges of my energy field

Grateful to be here with a heart beat and moving feet that are finding their rhythm again

And that is BIG

do you understand?

The transformative power of prayer, positive thought and movement…

Author’s note: Go through it -don’t stand in it. You are loved.

Sketch by: Tiffany Moody

Soul shares:

https://www.embodiology.com/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLmBuz40BD8

Song I wrote this to:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-you-different-feat-beam/1561058084?i=1561058760

UNchanging value

strong black woman, bright streak of independence

same black woman sometimes feels weak and dependent

her value does not change as her emotions do

understand this

Don’t put more on her plate because of her race or the alleged pace you and that society you belong to believe she should be / could be running at

and if you can’t find empathy and understanding for her

keep

it

pushing

Please.

She does not have time for anymore negativity or foolishness

God sent her here on a mission

and she does not need your permission for…

anything

Understand that, simple human made of the same dust as she

Strong black woman with a dark streak of independence

Same black woman sometimes feels weak and dependent

Her value never changes

Priceless

Beautiful Photo: via Unsplash; photographer: Jessica Felicio

https://unsplash.com/@jekafe/portfolio

Take a listen:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/leave-me-alone-a-colors-show/1544476570?i=1544476572

https://music.apple.com/us/album/peng-black-girls-remix-a-colors-show-feat-jorja-smith/1544810035?i=1544810036

Rooting for revival

Sketch by Me

She sat silently resting in the forest of her heart.

We can remain stuck in fear & holding on to the past, or we can use our past experiences to move confidently into the future. – Tanaaz

These words echoed throughout the canyons of her mind as strong winds of change began to blow in and around her.

Two cardinals flew by with a message.

When the roots are deep, there is no need to fear the wind. – Unknown

She stood faithfully and fearlessly in the forest of her own heart as her body began moving forward in time with the divine.

And so it is.

Sonic symphony for forward motion: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/is-she-flying/pl.u-zPyLLJPFxA8RER