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Smile through it all 💙
Big Mama 😈
One Way...Up
Feeling battered
Like life doesn’t matter
Because the bags under my eyes
And weight of my silent cries are only getting fatter
Trying to shoot for the sky
But discouraged beyond reasons why
Then the anxiety kicks in
And I begin to cry and say “fuck it, why even try?”
The darkness closes in
And I’m losing wind in my lungs because now all the other issues begin to arise
But I have to push through and keep fighting with what energy I have left because I gotta make it
But some things don’t make sense
Like why do I have to be the one to face this shit
And why can’t someone save me and take these hits
Why am I always the conqueror while still feeling conquered
Because in the absence of peace of mind, only distaste and frustration grows fonder
Then I’m left alone with troubled thoughts and time just only makes them continue to wander
About the past and present and now the episode just drags on longer
I started out worried about one thing
Then everything blew in, in an instance, and made all the doubt stronger
But then I remember I’m a soldier and the trials only fuel my hunger
Then I remember I’m a beast and I fight back like I’m a Mongrel
Because I’ve come this far alone and I’ll still keep reaching
Because hope is my anchor and my reason for breathing
And faith holds me in its embrace and gives me something to believe in
Gotta tell myself to keep going
Because in the end I’ll remain tough
I’ll remember I’m good enough
And I’ll stop worrying about today
because the only way I can go from here is up
High Conceit 😮💨
Sun Kissed 💕
Complaceny's Honesty
Constant excuses of unnatural epitome
Make it easy to excuse
The natural wallowing pity of me
The ones where I lack creativity
And don’t feel as smart as I once did...to me
Those stalking thoughts and taunting doubts whose origin I can’t quite figure out
And even when I’ve put forth the known knowledge
“I don’t know, I could be wrong though”
Still sometimes slips from my mouth
With constant prayers to the most high because “He’ll figure it out”
All sayings with no work
Empty hope and faith with no girth
Has me speculating my worth
Because nothing is really wrong
So why does my heart still hurt?
Because I’ve prayed and asked for signs
And leaned on the Word
I’ve exhausted resources and even contemplated going to church
But alas something’s missing
Hoping someday someone will listen
And offer solace like,
“Well now that you mention...”
Do this like this exactly and receive all you’ve been wishin
And when that doesn’t happen, I begin reminiscing
About those cold, hungry nights that have long become a memory
But nobody understands how currently
Those visions still haunt me
How they’ve instilled an unrealistic agenda of
“If you don’t grind, you can’t eat”
So anytime I’m not working tirelessly
I fear that my plate may deplete
Not plates of greens, yams, and some kind of meat
But of paid bills and achieved accolades being devoured by defeat
And weak premonitions of past episodes repeating with my scripted “Why me?”
So I pray again...and again before I fall too deep
All sayings with no work
Empty hope and faith with no girth
Has me speculating my worth
Because nothing is really wrong
So why does my heart still hurt?
I have a few ideas as to why
A few truths and some lies
See in reality, I see what I want that’s beyond the sky
And it’s so out of reach because my self-doubt hinders the flight
“But I’m God’s child and He’ll fix it all”
Hope answers: He might
But how can I expect Him to just pick up the pieces if I, myself am not willing to try
He has encompassed me in strength with testimonies from this life
So why am I still indulging in the maybes and expecting strife?
When in the realm of complacency one must possess patience and peace
Which has never been a strong trait for me
But only then can you see
That it’s my own troubled thoughts that selfishly stalk and postpone my destiny
All sayings with no work
Empty hope and faith with no girth
Has me speculating my worth
Because nothing is really wrong
So why does my heart still hurt?
Smokey 💙
New Orleans was good to me 😌