Salty Expression

I simply desire to tell the stories that cover us. The ones that give us a break from life’s blows, as well as the ones who cause us to stare them in the face. I scrape my pen across the wounds, with the intent to heal!Follow me on Instagram @kenitarenee

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“When there is a collision between your race and your faith, where do you place the weight of your identity?”........

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We have grown so accustomed to the chaos, it is no longer alarming, there is little left to give warning. If by now you have not smelled the burning, you haven’t been paying attention

Kenitarenee

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We are the hunted

Unsuspecting we prance about in fields

We say, we are living the best life

Our ignorance keeps us bliss

But the lions , crouched beneath the grass , wait for their moment

They will strike soon enough

We can not afford to be caught unaware

I didn’t know , is not an excuse that will spare us

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I didn’t know this man personally

I was not even familiar with what made him a celebrity

But I recognize the all too familiar story of a life gone too soon

Of blood and bone wrapped in the flesh that never cooperates

Seeing the totality of man

Going from product of environment to changing the entire narrative

I am familiar with brown bodies striking the concrete just before their mothers tears

I am familiar with this story but I pray their will be an alternate ending as we introduce new characters

It is still in LA tonight

I pray the quiet breeds more than anger

I want a solution

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“When you open your mouth to speak, you tell people who you are”

Les Brown

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Young lady you have encompassed within you all that you need

Do not trip over your own tongue

Do not regurgitate truth, no matter how bitter

Do not doubt the wisdom that accompanied every trial

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A full heart is the only kind with the capacity to give abundantly! Give of your overflow not reserves. Fill you up, then pour

Kenitarenee

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The power of hope is to have change in only perspective not circumstance and sincerely believe in the most remarkable outcome

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It would seem the stories that have the greatest potential for impact are the hardest to share. Don’t be intimidated by the truth. Speak Friends!!

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There’s commotion in the apartment below mine

The breaking of glass and cracking of her voice

The response: Love is loud, surely it’s acceptable that it begs to be heard

There is yelling in the apartment below mine

Verbal attacks that sting sharper than any knife

The response: words are merely words, his actions are usually much better

The wise woman near by extends her heart and shares the final warning

Love can be imperfect, but not in the way that assaults and places it’s grandure in the shrinking of you

The response: silence

There is stillness in the apartment below mine

There are sirens and then there is nothing

The unit is cleaned out and others move in

The woman is forgotten

The love she desperately desired and gave but never received

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Your love for a man does not tax you with the burden of trying to fix all the things in him that are broken

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A creatives heart is not after accolades

It is the ability to resonate with even one person

It is the unraveling of secrets and baring of the soul

To have one say

I see you, I feel you, I am you

To be able to place into words the mindless wanderings of their soul

To allow others to hear the words they’ve never spoken aloud

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People fear the storm

They’ll say it is an unwarranted eruption ,

Confusion

But it is the necessary chaos that peace and stillness will soon follow

It is beautiful

It is coffee and pencils and journals

and truth you did not intend to tell

It is God beckoning you to the quiet

That you may hear

That you may write

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Poetry/Art doesn’t always have to be indignant. It can joyous! Remind people of their fondest memories and the very best parts of humanity!! #writingprompts (at North Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Nevada)

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“Words can only help you if you speak them.”

— Bianca Phipps, “Almosts” (via buttonpoetry)

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📝🖊📚 #sundaythoughts #poetryislife #loveforwriting #writeforthestage #writeforthesoul (at Las Vegas, Nevada)