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  May 2014 Michelle M Diaz
Lady Ju
I thought I knew God
But all I know is religion

Concluding God only lived in a book
From my man made traditions

I've been wishing, no crying, God I need to find
"Keep Searching, He said, I've told you time and time"

My fear to change for People, Someone tell me is it twisted up?
Or am I not a good "Christian" because I keep messing up?

Ignoring my God given talents
For a robotic routine
Is that what living for God really means?

We're so quick to take credit where our credit isn't due
We take these scriptures out of context and tell these people this is really true

Man I'm so scared for you
Because I'm so scared for me

For so long, this is what I believed
Over consumption of my "Sins,"
Depressed wondering if they'd ever end?

But If God forgives why can't we
God created every bone in my body
So why is it so hard to accept me for me?

If defending your faith means degrading another human being
You're wrong and I won't do it

I choose God over religion
And that's what I've concluded
#MyFreedomWithGod - Lady Ju
Michelle M Diaz May 2014
I sat in my room, like I'd done every day of my life
I looked up at the ceiling, the room hot, the moon streaming through the window
and I thought , all by myself, no voices to interrupt,
What does happiness feel like?
I've been shut out from the world, alone, sad, in darkness for far to long
to even remember what true happiness is.
For years, I've yearned for perfection, nothing but perfect was good enough, but I've learned; slowly, eventually, that perfect isn't real. Nothing can be truly perfect, and perfection doesn't yield happiness.
So I thought what does?
Criticizing myself isn't the answer
wishing I could disappear isn't the answer
the voices aren't the answer
I also realized the voices can be wrong
no, the voices are wrong
So with this revelation, a journey lies ahead.
A long, tedious, and possibly the hardest journey I will ever take.
Certainly not the last.
I need to rediscover myself.
Reinvent myself
figure out who I am, so that I can learn to love myself.
Michelle M Diaz May 2014
I look in the mirror and I only see flaws
Michelle M Diaz May 2014
I crave love, but I don't deserve it
I don't deserve it, so I destroy it
I destroy it, so that he can be happy
he can be happy, if I'm not in his life
his life would be better without me
without me, the one who destroys herself
destroys herself physically to feel alive
to feel alive, because most of the time I'm dead
I'm dead because I'm human
I'm human because I crave love
Michelle M Diaz May 2014
Life continues even after you take your last breath
Love continues to grow even after you left
The sun continues to keep us warm
Rainbows still come after a storm
but I am no longer whole
Michelle M Diaz May 2014
my dream is a flying bird
It is beautiful and free
I want to catch it, not to cage it, but to have it
at this point in my life, the bird seems unattainable
I'd have to set up traps, but they might **** it
I'd have to gain its trust, maybe by feeding it
but if I later catch it, that trust might die
so for now, I'll admire it
I'll dream of that beautiful bird and hope and work so that it might come to me.
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