Daisy Days

        Daisy Days represents a collection of poems affectionately titled Daisyology. As I learn more about myself and how I relate to the world and people around me I put pen to paper and express what is uniquely my experience.      

[dedicatedaisy]

Even when I fuck up I’m still fucking amazing! #imfuckingup #butimstilltheshit #letitgo #tryagain #letmyfuckupsbemyfortune! Winning isn’t perfection, it’s dominating your mistakes by TAKING something worthy from them and loving yourself WITHIN them!!! #dontMISthat! Mistakes happen, they don’t define you! www.lookwide.com/audiopost/b3lx7kgxvz https://www.instagram.com/p/BpiPRILlLEHKUa7yQUvCJ6E1Mh-Kknokz8Aw440/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cn5od7i5fo43

[dedicatedaisy]

Unfortunately... some of us have gone through much of our lives according to someone else’s vision and version of “right” when they physically leave our lives or let the reigns go and say “now you are governed by your own choices” our minds are still conditioned to a state of pleasing that others sense of “right” this can be a parent, a close friend, a spouse etc. Its well within normal to enter a space in which it feels like you are fighting and destroying your self... don’t sweat it loves... it’s the uprooting of what was never authentically you. You are now not just speaking words of power, you are embracing and becoming power. So when you see a Goddess rising, it’s first ugly and devastating until you see the beauty of her creation. #goddess #self #authenticself #rising #liveinspired #wellpreneur #mindbodysoul #mindbodyspirit #raiseyourvibrations #holisticliving #healthyhappylife #wellnessjourney #nourishyourself #justbreathe

[dedicatedaisy]

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[dedicatedaisy]

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[dedicatedaisy]

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[dedicatedaisy]

Attention and presence with breath. Such a loving way to beginning the day. #yonibreathing #yonilove #selflove #yonieggs #yonihealth #treatyourselfthewayyouwanttobetreated

[dedicatedaisy]

Rekindled

He took a deep breath

Reaching his arms to her

Uncertain, yet hope wrapped tight

She lifted her head

looking deeply into his eyes

There she saw love

leaking to his cheeks

Hope restored as faith stepped in

Slowly she turned from his reflection

Facing him, seeing him as if for the first time

Time stood motionless

Honoring her time to turn the page

Time to push the past aside

She turned

In the midst of the same circumstance

She shifted

He lifted

Eyes seeking, longing to speak

Time welcomed them

Time called this place healing

She grasped his outstretched hand

As if recovering from a fall

His strength supported her

They turned to walk, synchronized

Time called this step agreement

In time they found peace

Pieces of themselves released

Through each others eyes

Through each other's eyes

They found peace in the midst

Of suspended time

[dedicatedaisy]

Piece

He took a deep breath

Reaching his arms to her

Uncertain, yet hope wrapped tight

 She lifted her head

looking deeply into his eyes

There she saw love

leaking to his cheeks

 Hope restored as faith stepped in

Slowly she turned from his reflection

Facing him, seeing him as if for the first time

 Time stood motionless

Honoring her time to turn the page

Time to push the past aside

She turned

In the midst of the same circumstance

She shifted

He lifted

 Eyes seeking, longing to speak

Time welcomed them

Time called this place healing

 She grasped his outstretched hand

As if recovering from a fall

His strength supported her

 They turned to walk, synchronized

Time called this step agreement

In time they found peace

Pieces of themselves released

 Through each others eyes

Through each other's eyes

They found peace in the midst

Of suspended time

[dedicatedaisy]

Another Black Teen

When i hear the words "another black teen"

I can't help but think about my two black boys

You see I struggle with cultural identity

Taken from my home land

No, not by force, by hope

No, not packed on a ship, by plane

No, not from the mother land of my ancestors

From the land of hardships

Green lands where the sun shine glistens against the slapping of waves onto the shore

The land where mountains are blue and you, you reap the exports of our beauty

Sipping strong coffee with no appreciation of our melanin

Distinguishing turns distinguished teens to another black teen

Blind discrimination perpetuated by fear

Black, code word: suspect

Another black teen could be the description of my black boys;

Two African American boys, born to a Jamaican mother with a perpetual cultural struggle

I have too much pride of heritage and culture to be average

The daughter of Nanny of the Maroons I ask no one for my freedom

I walk with an unapologetic air of entitlement through the hood and the suburbs

I dare you to cut me down and spill my freedom into the streets

I might not believe in reincarnation but I would come back that day to enslave the crevices of your mind for the sake of my sons

Another black teen, born to be free to a free mother who went further to self liberation

Born to be above your description and beyond average

Selfishly I pray that everyone living in fear of "another black teen" would memorize the beautiful contours of my boys faces

Memorize the length and signature of their stride

Know the melody of their voices

The way it penetrates my heart

I cry at the blood shed

To praise God for the life they will live

The air they will breath

I cry because the loss of another black teen hits too close to home

I cry to ignite the rage of a mourning mother

A mother who will stop at nothing for Justice

I cry, I cry, I cry for you to hear the shrill of my screams and rise up!!

I cry, I cry, I cry the cry of a maroon warrior!!

[dedicatedaisy]

Agonize

My prayers had no room to escape my lips

My brain throbbed against my skull

Unable to find room for my thoughts

I had the sensation I was getting dumber

Each second with a fizzle and pop

My brain cells imploded

Maybe it was the effects of social media

Snapchat, periscope

Unable to see into the distance

Must be a blurry telescope

Maybe it's the effects of Trump

Blind furry and lack of emotional competence

Stirring minds to act,

Already tense, expose pretense

My lips parted and agony came forth

My throat clenched to every word of my prayer

Tears streamed like a heavy rain

With the thickness of blood

As it rose from my soul

I ached with the pain of friends

The pain of strangers

I prayed for them all

Turning my feeling of helplessness to hope

Hope that a God, my God, the God

Would cut this emotional rope

[dedicatedaisy]

My Sisters Art- Hibiscus Blooms

[dedicatedaisy]

Kiss of Impunity

I come from a family of non kissers

In fact the first time my brother gave me a kiss I think almost screamed rape

Where the heck did he come from

Our last names as different as our customs

My puckered lips found themselves stuck between the affectionate grip of teeth

I choked on discomfort and made some kind of mental note

I not quite sure what I wrote

In fact that may have been the first time I began the tirade of mental cussing

Baptism didn’t wash that away

 I kissed a girl and I liked it…

I wasn’t trying to taste her chap stick

Yet another awkward moment of what just happened

A partial cheek mostly lips bid farewell

Became an about face attempt to avoid any question of what could be next

My underdeveloped faith badgered me with guilt

Society displayed labels screaming, you're it!

I believe I understand why Prince became a symbol

Giving the world’s overactive mind yet another riddle to solve

Rendering it blind, giving him the space to free his mind

 Kiss

Something so simple creating such chaos

Overwhelming systems and minds that never had the taught capacity

Learned capacity to file it's implications above and beyond

The limited play of pelvic action

Limited time attraction

Attraction becoming a fascination

Evoking fantasies that require sanitation

Let me not go too deep

Like me you never grew up with kissing and other sorts of affection

Neither did your mind evolve and adapt it’s perception

We do as we’re trained

Songs on the radio perpetuate images

Tying lollipops to pink gum drops below the waist

Subtly converting mics to bird perches

You’ll get that later

 But the implications of social kissing

Appears to be too intimate of a topic

Too much like infidelity

Too much like civil

Too much like unity

Succeeding hand holding and firm shakes

Where do we go after a kiss?

Impunity

You’ll catch that later…

 .                                                                             DAISY_RKW

[dedicatedaisy]

Black Box

I stood there silent

My body wanted to contract into a fetal position  

My mind wanted to escape  

My spirit must have been the only part of me to remain cool  

Cause, I wanted to just fade

I've only heard the sights I see before me

Distant echoes they beckoned me

Inside the coolness of the dank darkness

I observed the world as if it were never mine

Now outside the lightness has rendered me blind

With my eyes closed I find the comfort I once knew

I grope through the darkness  

Longing to be inside of you

Wrapped around a false interpretation  

A sense of security held in place by lack of vision

With no sense of direction I stand still  

At least in the darkness I was moving  

My mind clinged to the sensation of motion  

Motion with no growth  

Never mind it was motion  

The darkness never left room this chaos

I was silently dying

My voice rasping over  

Speechless becoming my thoughts  

On the verge of drowning  

Choking on my tears  

But never mind

I was safe

The chaos of no motion pushed me to my limits  

I can't stand still and the only way forward is to open my eyes and grow

While my eyes adjust my greater spirit I must trust

It has waited for this moment since the dawn of my creation  

To wrap me in the finest and remind me that  

Indeed I am a marvelous creation  

Never meant to be light and hid  

Deprived of the very breath he died to give

His final exhale was meant to be my first breath

Like an infant I take my first step  

After the second I realize he's near  

By the third I felt no fear  

I lost contact with that dank dark box

Deleted it's number from my phone

Lost all memories of it's restriction  

I once bought as a prescription  

Feeding my addiction for some kind of control

Some kind of false sense of peace

I found a greater release

[dedicatedaisy]

Why I Write

I write at the drop of a thought It drops ink blots like water absorbed  into cloth I write to let the words splash against you Like the tidal wave of pent emotions Within me they cause such a commotion I write at the urge to be marvelous So my God can marvel in his creation I write because I ache for the alternative to my past My friend asked me why I keep knocking at the door of rejection I don't know, so I write I write to figure out if I'm really a perfect creation Sometimes my week lacks a 7th day so I write I write because my soul just won't stay quiet, be quiet I write to reveal what I want to hide.

[dedicatedaisy]

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/don-t_wait_until_everything_is_just_right-it_will/295163.html

[dedicatedaisy]

If you are in the position of leadership or not, one of the most asked questions is what makes a good leader. Early on I recall thinking that leaders did nothing but pass their work off to someone else... I have grown to understand the importance of leaders being visionaries... incapable of achieving a desired goal independent of the talent and support of others, however fully capable of motivating and mobilizing their human resources. 

[dedicatedaisy]

I think everyone needs a refresher on this topic from time to time... it's very important to note that assertive is not equivalent to rude which is unprofessional and tacky. Ever think about the fact that most people drive worse once they think they know all the rules... Well, professional development should be ongoing, especially when we think we know all the rules and the organization inside out... you might not recognize that you're getting sloppy till you're getting pushed out the door!