'family' 'self' 'reflection'
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Pieces of me lay in fours
Three girls one boy
In case you haven't guessed it
I'm a mom
Single with battle scars
Pieces of me are in three
A sister two brothers
Simon Says
As A Small Seed I Admired Daddy
Daddy Was My Heart and Joy
As My Roots Start To Spread He Saw Something Different In Me
There was a barrier between me and my goals
And I had crossed an inevitable bridge to self doubt
It created an illusion that the weight of the world
Your actions have not gone unnoticed
Nor your tears and prayers taken for granted
Your sacrifices, encouragement, and love shaped me
Into the strong independent woman I am soon to become
Match strikes box
Friction becomes flame
Slowly, steadily
The hand stretches to reach its goal.
1920s, New York
A young woman,
Because I love you
I will let you go
Because I love you
I have to go down another
Path
What we have is toxic
What we need is space
We cannot relate
So I rather deflate the
Tension
Important
Single-minded desire
To feel value
To be of value
Counting every flaw
Every little thing
To tell myself
I'm not worth anything
Is it delusions?
Is it lies?
I know who I am
For better or for worse
Sometimes it is a blessing
At others it's a curse
If I am me and you are you
Then who could that be over there
Standing in my place
It wasn't always "Once upon a time",
Things just moved into place.
First it was, "In the beginning",
And everything began at a steady pace.
Once upon a time,
It was just always family.
We're bound for somethin',
That's all I could think.
Sometimes I felt the urge to die.
But I was saved by self pride.
If I go out,
I'm going out like a man.
With my fist held out high,
Hope springs a new
we have bitten off more then we could chew
Traveled through portals of vast domain
to a magical kingdom by the sea
Tranquility
A fairy climbed up a tree
lonely hobbits
Determination,
It's the driving force that lies deep within my soul.
There is only one goal, success.
Two jobs and a full time student, overwhelmed with stress.
Love it.
Love how solid the ground is underneath you.
Eat it-
Drink it-
The air that blankets around you.
Never let it go-
You pay the bills
Relieve me when I have the chills
I appreciate everything you do,
Without you, I wouldn’t being wearing at least one shoe.
Sometimes it’s like rain.
It collects in the sky, with dark clouds gathering,
Looming above you.
You notice it, acknowledge it
And feel it when it comes,
I am from do the dishes and get your homework donefrom stay in the yard where I can see youI am from the neat, organized rooms surrounding meHope, comfort, and happiness
As I lie still my mind says "move" but my body says "snooze"
Negotiations begin and its decided that another 2 won't make the GPA bruise
But 2 passes, and now 4, and soon 10
Have you ever felt inadequate, like you'll never amount to anything, like you'll never accomplish your goals, like the people who tell you you'll only amount to nothing are actually right.That maybe, just maybe, they're telling you the
Goals.
I have a goal to accomplish
I have a future to brighten
Sit in bed and be lazy?
Not one chance
I want to be successful
I want to make my mark
I look in the mirror and tell myself
Look
Look into the Mirror
Do you see your papa's eyes-
or perhaps you're mama's smile?
You're not at all ugly.
In fact, you're lucky.
When I look
I have nothing
A normal day for me
Keep walking straight for me
Eyes on the ground
Not looking around.
Friends; I got none
I don't need anyone
I just got myself
Don't need no one else.
Southern Summers in knee high grasses is where I’se been forever
Sun shone over the lake in Cousin Cadance’s backward
A lake spread cross oceans to a worlds that I’se never know
“It’s beautiful out
here.”
I look
up
at Pawpaw
“What do ya mean?”
Pawpaw looks
down
In my head I was scared, in my feet there was pain, in my soul there was absence. The year 2014 brought my heart 6ft under. It was the year I honestly wonder why is my family so fake and always against me.
I've seen you before.
You used to sit on the porch of your grandpa's house.
You used to eat Zingers on days end.
You were so happy and didn't realize when to really be sad.
