Repentance

The truth prevails

Pushing its way through the tales conjured up by the years

My ears burn with falsehoods that have penetrated my mind

Blinding me and simultaneously destroying my life

Binding me spiritually

Literally creating a dependency on the night

Believing it will keep me

However it kept me from pursuing my own light

Living in the nightfall and sleeping during sunrise

Avoiding its warmth and seeking shade from its influence

Brainwashed by its ugliness

Leaving a stench trailed by the wicked

Or rather the ignorant, but it’s not their fault

They too were fooled by generational fabrication

Ultimately, death becomes the end result

Annihilation at its best

Conform to the norm and you will be blessed

Ignore the footprints tracked in the sand

Blaze your own trail and seek foreign land

Forced by life’s circumstances to put that theory to test

The Truth prevails, conformity fails, and darkness sells

So I sought the Sun for myself

Hoping to replenish the damage suffered by the night’s cold air

Seeking restoration for my generation and my roots

Please nourish the land and bring forth fruit

Submitting to the All Knowing; the more we learn the closer we are

If darkness remains the further apart

We become

Mummified, crawling to survive but just getting by

Not realizing the wrath we’ve subjected ourselves to

Time is of the essence, inching closer to our final gloom

If we would only change our minds and decide to live in the day

Allow the truth to prevail because heaven is at stake

Don’t permit indulgence to overshadow legitimacy

With certainty I proclaim

The seemingly good will come to an end

History will repeat itself, the prophecy begins

The night falls and the Sun rises

Lasting and standing tall will be the righteous.

Her Peace Of Mind: Introduction

“I am ready for love, why are you hiding from me? I’d simply give my freedom to be held in your captivity.” Oh India Arie sings these lyrics so well that I can feel each word tug at my heart and has me almost moved to tears. Pick me! Choose me! Marry me! Anybody! Somebody! Please! The life of a single woman in this day and age is downright depressing. To suffer heartache after heartache, disappointment after disappointment; a woman is bound to become an emotional insecure wreck. Just think about the following scenario.

You see him. He sees you & notices you noticing him. You both look away and then glance back as soon as you think the other isn’t paying attention. You attempt to get a better look at this man. “Am I really attracted to him”, you ask yourself. You have to make certain it isn’t a fluke and he really is fine. Yes, he is yummy! Okay, now that’s out of the way it’s time to do some inventory. Nice smile? Check! Well dressed? Check! Are other women admiring this tasty piece of flesh? Check! Oh yes, he just may be worth a bit more attention. Let the flirting begin! The encounter becomes a success and ends with phone numbers being exchanged. Yay!

A few telephone conversations ensue then dinner & a movie, maybe bowling or a walk in the park. You notice how excited you get when he calls; you get butterflies – oh the feeling has never been so enjoyable. Being the hopeful romantic and optimistic woman that you are, you imagine a life with this man.  You envision a future; meeting his mother, hoping his sisters like you, what would the kids look like? Hoping they’d inherit his eyes because you drown in them every time he looks at you. Yeah – you’re in love. It’s official – you’re floating on cloud nine. Lucky you!

Then, without warning, something happens. You don’t know why but all of a sudden those fluffy white clouds that carried you effortlessly have now disappeared. Reality sinks in and you fall out of the light blue sky and SMACK face down on the concrete. OUCH! People are watching; waiting for your next move but no one bothers to extend a hand and help you get up. You’re too embarrassed to even look up so you just lay there hoping that you become unconscious from the impact of the fall. Praying that when you awake it was all a dream and you’re still in love. Sorry honey, but it was all real and so is the pain that rest on your chest like a shipload of bricks.

So here you are all alone with your thoughts of single life (dreading being alone forever) and they go something like this:

I am standing alone on ground that has existed longer than I have lived

A world whose history encompasses endless accounts of life forgotten

Untold stories of days long lived but forever lost because no one was there to witness

Their open palms were left bare with only their own skin to caress

Their lonesome arms dangled at their sides aching for flesh to embrace

Their eyes blurred with desperate tears relentlessly searching for a welcoming face

For someone – anyone who would attempt to care

Offering their most valuable possession – their time, just to be there

Sadly, no one took the time to even smile in their direction

They were born, they lived and they died; their life a complete rejection

Discarded by those that walked this very ground on which I now stand

Alone and neglected – waiting for someone – anyone, to hold my hand

...Forgotten!

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