The visuals in my head
Are too messy
Seeing it on paper,
Makes sense

I don't trust my heart
Not until it splatters its colors
All over my paper

Because until I put it on paper
I will hide it behind boxes
Forget me nots
Forevers


So I write

GIRL,
Your skin sings tributes to your ancestors
Those that even through noose
Fought for their freedom
Each vein and stretchmark
A tribute to the stripes of each whip

Your smile sings a sweet song
Of him who on the cross ended all struggle
Him who through lovingkindness, draws you in.
Girl, if only you knew, how more than enough you truly are!

Girl
You matter.
Because by the stripes of him that healed
You were made whole
Made anew.
And thus the debate ended,
you matter.

Girl.
Don't succumb to what society asks of you
Be it thick or slim
light as day nor
Dark as night
In Christ you are enough

Girl,
you are icecream on a sunny day
You are tender and brave
Redeemed and free
You are a mother of nations
You are God's beloved
Girl, you are everything.

I remember a time

I WAS the one being ******
I WAS the one who THREW the stones
I WAS even the Stones that were thrown

I WAS my own Judge, Jury and criminal

So I SKIPPED MY BAIL
RUN into his arms
SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO CALL my Home
IMAGINE my surprise
WHEN In HIM I am no longer condemned
In HIS sacrificial love I have been bound

A 21ST CENTURY Saul to Paul
Through Christ's blood I am transformed
Reborn, ReWORKED by HIS WORKS  
My story a new testament

And to this world I stand OUT

BUT In his arms I am the perfect FIT

In HIS arms I am HOME