Hearing the loud announcements of gate changes in the JFK, New York airport made my heart beat, thump, almost explode in my chest. I was home. Back in America. The land of the free. So why did I feel like I was in shackles? The entire trip I […]
Everywhere you look…Black, White, Young, Old they are there. Holding a memory as close to them as their next breath, afraid that if they exhale the secret they have kept will come tumbling out like skeletons from closets. For some, there is no shame, no guilt, for others […]
This poem changed my life and I would be remiss if I did not share it on my blog. I wrote this poem after the backlash Beyonce received for her Superbowl performance and it was as if many people in the world forgot or convinced themselves that Beyonce […]
You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. – Morpheus The Matrix I once heard […]
While many are celebrating the Women’s March On Washington that happened January 21 2017, I sat on my couch staring at the TV feeling more irritated than inspired. I watched crowds of thousands, overjoyed that finally the message of racism, sexism, homophobia, and any other ism was finally […]
WRITE SOME S#!T Be bold Unafraid YOU BE THAT VOICE! Inspire someone Ignite a movement Uplift someone Speak truth to power WRITE SOME S#!T Ask the hard questions Demand answers Pen a word for the forgotten Change policies Be a voice for the voiceless WRITE SOME S#!T […]
I am uncertain If it was Safety, Sanctuary or Sisterhood That caused us to instinctively migrate towards one another like elegant black swans amongst a lake of white lilies Yet there we found ourselves amongst one another Able to take off our armor
My friend died today Quietly Peacefully There were no headlines No breaking news declarations The world still spun on its’ axis My friend died today Quietly Peacefully
Silence at times is not only warranted but often it is needed Your desire to be vocal in a time when I need your silence supersedes it Pause… you do not have to search for the words When any argument you can have against the way that I […]
I love me… The words are trapped in my mouth as I see my reflection. I choke on the thought that I could actually love myself. That I could speak those words out loud and birth them into the universe. That I could conjure up the belief that […]
