Processing Through Poetry

Poetry helps me express my emotions. Below are a few selected poems that were born from moments when I needed to process through pen on paper. 

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Clarity

Moments are fleeting

When the color in the sky is brighter

Crisp and sharp

All the humidity and haze clears

To reveal the truth

Of my own worth and worthiness

My body feels at rest

My mind stills and settles 

On the promise of my own potential

Without the clouds of fear or grasping

How do you contain a cloud anyway?

It just changes form

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Dear MJ

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You are made of magic

Your heart is worthy

Of feeling love and being adored

Your body is sacred 

Treat it well and keep it safe

Your stillness is your strength

Nature knows the truth

In case you need guidance

Create your own safety

No one can take that from you

Your body knows things

Listen 

Embody your name

Boldly 

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Enough

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Have you ever looked in the mirror

And realized that you saw yourself

For the first time?

All those years of feeling around

In the dark

For the evidence that I could exhale

And be at home in my skin

Wanting for someone or something

To tell me I had arrived 

So I could call off the search party

This whole time I was looking

In all the wrong places

For the proof that my eyes 

Are indeed beautiful

And what lies behind them 

Is the real showstopper

Even with all the broken parts

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