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I thought
About contemplating
Then decided
Thinking too much
Is overrated…
Seize the day!
La Vie en Rose
You’re my favorite
My very, very favorite
Person in the whole wide galaxy
Because with you
I feel safe being me
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My little girl dreams
Are still cherished
By my woman’s heart
One day
Very soon
I know
They will be
My reality
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And then the day came
When I stopped
I stopped
Dancing for a song
That never paid me dignity
And on that day
I said
I am significant
Then I reached out
And I took it
I took my worth
I took my grace
I took my respectability
I wrote my own song
This song
I can dance to
Proud
Behind the Scenes
Standing firm
In who I am
A whole
Amazing
Beautifully & perfectly
Created woman
Moving
Purposefully forward
One ordained
Step at a time
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Every story
I’ve ever lived
Recorded by my
Beating heart
Speaks no language
Man can decode
Unless he looks
Into my eyes
Those windows
To the pages
Of my soul
It would take
His lifetime
And then some
To read
Carefully
Through them all
La Vie En Rose
You had my heart
From jump
‘Cause that’s what it did
When we met
It went jump
Love at first sight
Always sounded
Like a fairyfable
Then you arrived
I learned
It wasn’t make-believe
You were real
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If I could bottle timeI’d bottleThe smoothness
Of my young beauty
Fresh on my facade
And only wear
Timely wisdom earned
That comes with
Fine lines
Gray hairs
Sagging breast & butt
Tucked away in my soul
Then again
Hidden inside
There’s be no testimony
Showcase God to the world
Of battles fought
Victories won
Knowledge learned
So instead
I’ll bottle time
Inside my soul & mind
Won’t matter
What the years tell
On my skin
Heart forever young
Then
Behind The Scenes
They say love is a war
Fair or not
I say my heart’s stuck on you
Until my last breath
Beyond eternity
I’ll fight & pray for you
La Vie En Rose
You!
You are who I love
All of you
Unconditional
There’s no one else
No where else
I prefer
So happy
Making you happy
I absolutely love you
YOU!
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Got a smile on my face
A twinkle in my soul
A little swag in my stride
Faith in new beginnings
Working out
In favor
Of my destiny
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I rolled up
On my goals
Like what’s up?
That’s what’s up
Making my life happen
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Art
Is my language
Running
Through my veins
Dripping
Off my fingertips
Born
To create
By my creator
Beauty
So many forms
Beholden
I am the beholder
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And the beat goes on
Pulsating through my soul
Pushing me
Driving me
Forward into
Places I never imagined
I would be able to go
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I’ve been struggling
Like a mule
All my life
It was what it was
One gray day
Daddy up & died
Leaving
A foreign widow
In a foreign land
No English
Nine hungry children
Did what I had to do
Thirteen
Walked out of school
Buckled on
My grown-up shoes
Washing, cooking, scrubbing
Made my way to Philadelphia
Just to mail home
A few green dollars
Paid daddy’s debts
Put bread on the table
Family stayed together
I
Struggled like a mule
NYC Streets
Gimme back my shyt
Yah that’s right you heard me
I want my shyt back
And you’re gonna give it back
Now, right now
I didn’t pour all my heart
Into a dream to have nothing
The dream’s mine
Meant only for me
What’s mine is mine
God’s gift to me
It’s not yours
So you can’t have it
You can’t keep one sliver of it
Devil be gone
You came to steal, kill, destroy
My dream home build on love
I’m taking it back
Lock, stock, barrel
You think you’re getting away
With all my shyt
But so help me God
You’re dropping my shyt
Gimme back my shyt
Back to the Country
Hey Edna
I’ve got an itch
Can you….
Oh never mind
I’ll just scratch it
Myself
Hello world!
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