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Feb 2019 Philipa James

LoveYourselfUnconditionally

Let’s get a little wild today
After all, freedom isn’t too expensive.
Let’s dance in the rain today
Don’t resist, don’t be defensive.

Let’s re-write the story
Let’s turn the page
This is your life
Have no time for others’ garbage.

Let’s shatter all the bars
Let the dam of emotions break free
Why do you look for permissions
You can become what you want to be.

Let’s stop searching for love
Let’s become it
Let’s begin to live again
Moment by moment, bit by bit.

#loveyourselfunconditionally

Feb 2019 Philipa James

thin ice

Feb 2019 Philipa James

Carel Prinsloo

thin ice

Living in the modern age,
death for virtue is the wage.
So it seems in darker hours.
Evil wins, kindness cowers.

Ruled by violence and vice
We all stand upon thin ice.
Are we brave or are we mice,
here upon such thin, thin ice?

Dare we linger, dare we skate?
Dare we laugh or celebrate,
knowing we may strain the ice?
Preserve the ice at any price?

Feb 2019 Philipa James

THE HEART SHOT

Feb 2019 Philipa James

Hunger

THE HEART SHOT

That beloved day i got heart shot,
I thought cupid missed then i blinked and he did not,
Thanks angel of kindness and love,
With wings of peace just as a dove,
A quiver of tips full of emotion,
But only this one broken arrow set mine into motion.

A VALENTINE'S SPECIAL DEDICATED TO CUPID'S BROKEN ARROW

#cupidsbrokenarrow #devo #devoted #to #love #peace #kindness

Feb 2019 Philipa James

Heart

Feb 2019 Philipa James

Jen

Heart

Valentine's Day
Rose
Petals Fall
Into soul's
Kiss
Your heart
Goes amiss
Skips a beat
What day
Is it...?

I lost track of time...seriously...forgot about Valentine's Day, haha. To me, it is just another commercialized holiday. A poem formed in my mind anyway, so why not jot it down. <3

Feb 2019 Philipa James

WOMAN

Feb 2019 Philipa James

FreeMind

WOMAN

woman
The word rolls off your tongue like an insult.
You look down upon me,
Judge me for my desire to grow wings.
Your gaze is that of disgust and yet you draw me closer
With your filthy paws.

Woman
Is the one who gave you life.
And you dare to belittle her with you filthy mouth?
Why don't you compare her to the earth instead?
The ground that gives us food
Why don't you compare her to the air?
That lets us breathe
Why don't you compare her to water?
That can drench our thirst
Why don't you compare her to fire?
That keeps us warm

WOMAN
Is what I am
Is what I am proud to be
So don't touch me if I don't want to be touched
And don't stop me if I don't want to be stopped
But most importantly,
Don't feel pity for me because I was born a woman.
I can do what I please to do
And I will do it when I please to do it.
I am unstoppable.
I am a woman.

-FreeMind

February 8, 2019
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