inspirational
Inspirational poetry is just the thing to lift your spirits or rejuvenate your creativity.
Deep dark road
With spikes our veins, pikes calling our name, and straws showing no shame we carried our load down the deep dark road. People who were once on our journey are now lifeless on a gurney. This disease does not discriminate, it will take anyone it can incriminate. Recovery is our only option for survival from this internal malady inside our brain. When we choose this option we finally enter the correct lane. Recovery offers a daily reprieve from the evil that once had us captured and almost dead. We have survived and made it to the shore so that we can now be led. Once we are led further along we can sing to others our daily song. No addict should have to die without recovery as an option to survive. Now that our load is lighter we can show others how to be a strong fighter. We are all warriors against the drugs that have destroyed us, and staying focused on recovery daily for our medicine is a must!
By maribeth baker5 years ago in Poets
My Blackness Is Me
My blackness is not defined by my whirly, curly, stringy hair, nor by my sway, my stride, or my fly. It is not defined by my different complexions of dark skin, nor is it defined by my boisterous disposition. It is not defined by the pain I've felt for my fellow black folk in trouble, nor is it defined by the hatred of this world and pride of colors. My blackness is defined by my over exaggerated want for knowledge, and the wisdom I provide to my children. It is defined by my heart, and giving gold to others. My blackness is a part of me; it does not define me. It does not see wrong or right, nor does it see black or white. It explains there's a part of me that you've never seen before. It describes a part of where the culture has taken over standards. It shows a part of the inner me that very few are privileged to see...it shows my blackness is me!
By Carolyn Durant-Wilks5 years ago in Poets
