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Martina Ngose Feb 2019
You can't tell me how to cry,
When you don't even know what I am crying for.
You can't tell me how to laugh,
When you don't understand the reason why.
You can't tell me how to travel,
When you don't see how far I have journeyed.
You can't tell me how to love,
When you don't feel what I am feeling.
You can't tell me to be calm,
When you don't know the storms that rage inside.
All, I am trying to say is;
You can't tell me how to wear this CROWN
Cos it fits only me.
self-healing, strength, growth, finding peace, overcomer, warrior, fighter, resilience, healing, brave, strong, power.
Martina Ngose Oct 2018
I write love letters to myself,
to remind me of who I was
and then to who I'm becoming--
because she needs to know that she's doing well.

I write letters to my younger self
I want her to know that she lived her best life.
I only wish she knew that and didn't try as hard
to impress people...

I write letters to my future self,
I want her to know that she'll make
a badass wife and a good mother.
I am so proud of you already!
Martina Ngose Mar 2018
There are people in our lives
who understand our silence
and so, become our words
when we cannot speak.

They become light
when it gets too dark
And we cannot find our way.

They become a rainbow
when we've been so beaten
and forget to shine.

And then, there are those
who come like the rain,
not to quench our thirst
but to sift you away like dirt.
#annacorniffeinspired
#latenightchronicles
#poet #writer #lifelessons
Martina Ngose Feb 2018
It is exhausting,
all the time I've put in for people who care less.
It is exhausting,
the amount of energy I've wasted fighting for things
that won't last.
It is exhausting,
punishing myself for not reaching my goals.
This time,
I've chosen to be kinder and softer,
more understanding and forgiving of myself
I'm just trying to love myself a little more.
#selflove #beingandbecoming #selfkindnessiscool #takecareofyou #firstlovethyself
Martina Ngose Nov 2017
I was sitting there like a glass of milk
pale, yet full of life.
I knew I'd seen this place before
cos, I'd been this exact personality too.
My dear, you never really know who you are
when you've been a million different women.
I tell you, every single one of them is hurting in a different place
and in different ways.
Life has a way of making us have multiple identities.
Some years, you are just the "unstoppable one"
Other years, you are just the "broken one"
No... don't feel bad about all these changes
cause, you are just "A Million Women" in a single soul
Women empowerment, emancipation, strong women, powerful women, resistance, adversities, overcomers, a million women, for my grandmother, for my mother, for my sisters, to all the women in the world.
Martina Ngose Jul 2017
My dear,
you have to embrace your uniqueness
Every beauty shines in a different direction
and not all talents are the same.
There is nothing wrong with you,
You're just a normal human being
Living your life in your own direction.
Your beauty radiates from within
and brings those whom you deserve
self-esteem, unique beauty, talents, different
Martina Ngose Mar 2017
And you were hoping
to find her -
In Louboutins and Chanel bag,
but she came looking
Like a beautiful chaos.
That wasn't what you expected...
She was just a regular girl
With a little bit of -
Salt and pepper.
Baddassy, Classy, Sassy....
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