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I owe myself forgiveness

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“A little rain is nothing compared to the storm I grew up in.”

— Mandy K., Constellation of Sadness

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broken little boys & girls turn into wounded men & women. mothers & fathers, make sure your children don’t have a childhood that they have to spend their adulthood healing from.

[redeemed-renewed-restored]

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“When light gets scared of darkness, you violate the universe.” - Dick Gregory

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In the black community, seeking help for your mental health has such a negative stigma attached to it. As a result, we are suffering trying to survive by using coping mechanisms that are killing us.

[iambrillyant]

“it’s a beautiful thing to be understood, but a powerful thing to understand yourself.”

— iambrillyant

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God please keep me seated at your table.

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There a men out here who will offer you wings, put you in a cage, and then ask you why aren’t you flying.

Read that again.

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One thing about God, He is going to take you with Him to where He needs you to go. You can take a lifetime running from what he’s always needed you to see but eventually He will break you in order to restore you.

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I got baptized today

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I write poems to remind myself that I am still alive. Sometimes I live in my head so much that I forget what it’s like to live in my body and some days the only thing that keeps me sane is knowing that there is still life in my tongue when I feel lifeless.

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I will love you through the brokenness and break throughs. I will fight with and for you (even on the days where you don’t feel like fighting for yourself)

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But what if I don’t have the desire to be known? What if I leave this earth never making “my mark”? Have you realized that your mark only exist in the mind of others? And who wants to spend a lifetime trying to convince anyone that you are worthy enough to be remembered ?

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When I say I would be here for you, I meant it with all the life in my tongue.

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Everyone always says “I’m in my own little world.” I say, I’m planting seeds to become everything I always told myself I would be. My solitude and peace come before validation and acceptance. Only I can mold myself.