BITCH! I hate you! Where is love? YOU PIECE OF TRASH! Where is LOVE? You don’t know what love is. Yeah, you say you’re in love, but do you really know love? YOU CAN’T! Not truly, not if these things are in your heart! Fear, Distrust, Lust, Evil! You may be in love with someone, ...

The new normal Remembers doctors saying This is your new normal What you felt beforehand was different We need to work on what you have now The new normal Five people at a time in the store Family of four, your in the door Family of more, too big for the store Split up no ...

In March 2013, I decided to hike the Appalachian Trail alone. I hiked North-Bound. My hike started on Springer Mountain, Georgia, and ended on Mount Katahdin, Maine. I began on March 26th and ended on September 30th. There are many stories from my 6-month long trip. This is one of them. “Do you carry a ...

To experience true growth Feels like your body Is too small for your soul It has nowhere to go So it must adapt But it hurts to do so   What do you do When you want to Make a lasting change Forming new habits Is no easy task It doesn’t happen in a day ...

Remember when That Teddy Roosevelt said “The forward race is destined to raise the backwards race” What did you learn to change? Do you know your experience? How did you get to this place in time? Remember when Martin Luther King said “The Negro is still not free . . . Crippled by the manacles ...

I’m a queen I give birth to nations I fight this world Everyday for the safety of my children I give birth to sons Kings not princes My children were born to rise To live, dream I did not create this world But I live in it Cry in it Watch my children die in ...

If you are reading this a year from now, I hope things are better. The state of the world in May 2020 is, as I grow tired of hearing, uncertain, and unprecedented. I really hope the new normal is old news by then. For now, we are in the middle of a pandemic, and a ...

To prosper is to live with peace In wealth or health or simply being   With trying times and tribulations We’ve lost our faith in our foundations   A seed of fear breeds suspicion And too much freedom breeds disillusion   We think it’s time that holds us back When really it’s discipline that we ...

One of my newfound favorite artists, without a doubt, has to be Lauren Daigle. Her voice first caught my attention last year when my mother played me the song, You Say, which is included on the tracklist of the album, Look Up Child. The songs have been on repeat in my office for two weeks. As ...

Holding my breath I watch the unexpected snow swaddle daffodils.