becareful Cinderella
your sisters want your fella
there is no umbrella
for the amount of years
you'll spend in tears
Sleeping beauty, keep on dreaming
Don't wake up to princes scheming
you'll find yourself lost in things not worth believing
Ariel, adhere to the truth
don't trade the Ocean for feeling blue
You shouldn't have to change who you are
If the man is really for you
Repunzel, don't let down your hair
be your own hero, let that dragon know you're not scared
Snow white be wise with whom you dabble
better to starve than eat from rotten apples
those dwarves are small but they're your brothers
let them help you re-discover
all the things about yourself
you won't learn from a prince or someone else
Jasmine listen
has anyone mentioned
better to have a man thats smitten
then a man who's simply full of riches
Belle be aware with the beast
he is only half a man to say the least
Tiana don't you find it odd
that your kiss could make him a prince
instead of instruction from God
oh the fairy tales we tell
do not buy what they try to sell
you're better off without that loan
finance your thinking on your own
what you produce will be better for your story
and worth hearing if it includes God getting the glory...

it was recorded
sometime around age 2
me crying in another language
adieu adieu
they thought I was saying I do
but perhaps even then I knew
saying yes to someone else
meant saying a temporary good bye to you
I had only been here two years
yet cried lifetimes of pain in my tears
do you remember when we lived on venus
inside the city of love
how we looked down & laughed at paris
the way it tried to mimic us
that life was short lived and soon we were gone
we made our way to Johannesberg South Africa
where we felt we belonged
there was the first place I learned love on Earth could harm me
I wanted to return to venus: there we were warriors already
but you felt the need to join their army
I begged and I pleaded hoping on our planet you'd choose to stay
but you insisted you were going & worked hard to push me away
on your journey you got weak
and naturally yearned for home
I had grown tired of your silence & being on this journey all alone
it was the first journal I had started; the best poem I had ever wrote
the story of making my way up to the Ivory Coast
I spent what felt like a lifetime in solitude; just me & God
we discussed the majesty in our tragedy; even he thought it was odd
that the very things you loved
were the reasons you felt we couldn't be
you needed time to find yourself
but all you looked for was a replacement for me
we have journeyed near
we have traveled far
we are finally at the destination to discover who we are
I packed my bags and bravely made my start
no one to distract me or soothe my broken heart
getting to the bottom of things
its the best way to see
the depths of my souls ocean
rippled waves of me
I'm not juding your approach
no longer assuming how you feel
I just hope when you really start your journey
you have the courage to keep it real
that you'll be done being an oppurtunist
& take the time to heal
hurt people hurt people
unless they're hurting too
then they don't hurt each other they bond over being blue
I dont want anyone to fix me
I want to learn to do the work
to get to the core of my beauty
the essence of my worth
the day is coming soon;
I am fully committed
to receive you with open arms
there is strength in real forgiveness
I wont speak of the past harm
for it wouldn't be much more than a waste of my breath
I'd rather be present and converse about whats next...
may your heart be light
may your spirit be well
may every place you call home be somewhere you are meant to dwell
may you find your true reflection
may you find comfort in your own acceptance
may peace never be a stranger
may knowledge never lead you blind
may you understand me bidding you adieu; until next time <3

& Suddenly there was a shift
her beauty lit up the room
She created more space for her gift
issuing an eviction notice to gloom

what she thought was dead
Had been surely ressurected
no matter how much or how little was said
You could find her unaffected

Her attention now directed
Centered & refocused
& they all felt it
Joy; where she was once hopeless

a light began to shine
A brave moment a midst a hearts strife
it was far beyond time
To become the love of her own life <3 xoxo

When's the last time we discussed your beauty?
Taboo the way beautiful lays itself across the strength of a mans character
but you are

Stunningly, captivatingly beautiful
& Its not your chiseled arms
or your abs
its you

Its the way
wait...
Have I ever told you that you're beautiful?
That your beauty keeps me talking
how talking keeps me off track
but in line
and tracing circles

around your eyebrows
across your lips
down your back

Have I ever told you that you're my best friend?
That there is a joy in seeing your face after a long day
dinner tastes better on those days
and I sleep more soundly

Have I ever told you that you are worth it?
That God loves you
That he sent me to remind you
that you're beautiful

Have I ever described how comforting your laugh is?
The way it tickles me
and allows me to keep a pinch of it in my pocket
to sprinkle on me and around me
on days you are on my mind but not around me

If I never have, then with these words I always will!
Poems live forever and your beauty, well...
Its timeless

I'm going to give you the best answer
you've never had
to all the questions
you never ask

Nakupenda

Your legacy is unwritten
which means it is untold
remain silent
until it is worth speaking of

truth-full-y

I see you
the way a mirror see's itself
encompassed by its purpose
forgetting
its worth seeing
not just using to be seen into

There is a lot of love in the world
of a loveless people

There is a lot to be seen
thru a faceless peep hole

Keep that key and the spare
on stand by
Stand by until you don't need to open doors
sparingly

Be strong

Insecurities don't compromise beauty
beauty compromises insecurities
A conflict worth sorting out

Speak to yourself
more than you are spoken about

Trace the lines of your hand
don't memorize them
but forget not the familiarity

Never get lost in the lines of another
Always find your way back home

There is no place quite like you

See how my passion scared away the snow
See how winter forgot all she had known
the same way I leave myself
and cling to you
oh the things we do...
& don't do
for love
Can't you feel the soft whisper of my forgiveness
is it drowned out by other curiosity
I am warm when the season says be cold
I am cool when the heat of pressure is vast and overwhelming
It will be a warm winter
there will be laughter in the morning
the kind that tickles you inside
makes your breathing change
and kisses in the afternoon
the ones that you get lost in
quiet moments of nothing
that mean everything
this will be a warm winter
God has blessed me too much
to think a little love is enough
There will be warmth this winter

Monday morning came sweet
laughter lightened the load
after restless slumber
with rustled hair
eyes half crescent mooned
we made it
another night
a new day
we made it
others didn't
celebrate life
the continuous chance
to make it right
so, make it right <33