The Bigger Picture

Life is not meant for us to be unhappy; we were meant to live free.

of the burdens of society

like an eagle with the vision to see

Above the trees

Of a land scape that is serene

Soaring above the noise into the bigger picture.

Instead, we allow ourselves to be swallowed under the pressure of this world’s gravity

With over focused sight of intentionality

Stuck in our own reality

Unable to see

Past the void that consumes our Destiny.

We are brute yet we scurry

We hide and then we worry

Afraid of the opinions chained to the black and white

Of what’s wrong and what’s right

Holding on to tight

To spread our wings and fly

To feel the air

In our feathered hair

To whistle out our own authentic cry.

We stop ourselves from chasing what feels right

Forever into the night

To the core of our soul

That is linked to the blood that we know

Beats the love through our hearts

Forever torn apart

From the light that is ours to shine.

We hold on to the things that hurt us the most

Grasping on to the hope

That if we change who we are

Being accepted is by far

The settlement that we deserve.

When the reality is that along the way

Our pieces fall off where conditioning is to stay

That made us who we are instead of letting it be

Allowing to glide free

Letting it weigh us down

Because heavy who wears the crown

That wasn’t meant to fit our preserve.

When being enough

Should be screamed from our lungs

And if you can’t see it the problem is yours

And there is the door

Because I am not allowing negativities presence

To affect my being anymore.

We are meant to learn and grow

With wisdom to know

The value of our own soul

And what’s not meant to be to let go

Because I am not here

To keep feeding your fear

When your blind to all you hold dear

Because its not my place to fix it

Which in turn is not your place

To continue to displace

my worth because you’re so unhappy.

So, while I take the negativity

That you keep placing on me

And set it completely free

Because this is how it’s not supposed to be

And am over those in my life who make me feel shitty.

We are meant to raise our vibe

And not give one fuck to fly

While we attract our tribe

And the people who celebrate who we are

No matter how far

Whether by plane or by car

Because they understand what it’s like to be broken

And choose to love us so much

And understand our enough

To raise one another up

And not treat each other like a prized token.

Because women or man

Who is willing to stand

For the change that is needed

For the hearts that are bleeding

Finds happiness in growth by creating the peace in our grievance.

And who we reach for behind

In the needs of time

Still isn’t an advantage

For you to use as a bandage

If you are so unwilling to do for yourself the same

Still holding on to shame

While placing the blame

Because you can’t let go of the things you can’t change.

Because that is vain

And vain brings only pain

And you’ll have no one else to blame

Because you coward down in shame

For not standing up for you.

Especially when you can set yourself free

To be all your meant to be

By listening to your soul

That will guide you where to go

Because you are not them and they are not you

And they don’t have a right to tell you what’s wrong

If the wrong in your soul feels true.

So, if they feel that it’s wrong

Then allow them to keep moving along

While you enjoy your song

That is the beat of your rhythm during your rhyme

That is your own tune to create

Because this is your story

to stand in your glory

So, there is no need for them to worry

How God has chosen your fate.

So, allow them to judge

And carry that grudge

And don’t ever wear

The words they use to tare

Down your soul bare

Because it’s not the mirror you have to face

From their chosen disgrace

For not accepting the person you want to be

This is your joy

That will not be toyed

Or reduced to a box

They want to lock

Because for themselves they can’t be happy.

Decide to choose love

Decide to choose life

Let positivity be how you choose to fight

While holding your value

In a world that devalues

To live and let live out of spite.

For I am not you and you are not me

But that absolutely doesn’t mean

We have the right to tell each other’s wrongs

Just because our tune doesn’t match to one another’s song.

It should be with our heart that we feel

and the steel of our eyes that we see

that you are you and I am me

and with different wings

we glide the sea

and accept the ways we choose to breath.

With that being said

Until the day that I am dead

Ill scream it out loud

That I am proud

That the dance to your own life

Brings a light to the night

And because that is what matters

The hate we can shatter

From accepting the fact

Whether its white or its black

What keeps your fire lit

Is what’s meant to fit

So don’t force the shoe

That doesn’t feel right for you

And fuck what they say if they can’t accept it.

Because if we can’t match to each other’s rhyme

In this small life’s window of time

Please just know

Judgment is not what I’ll show

because I accept who you are

As your own rising star

Even if I must stand over here

Using my voice, I will not fear

In saying that yes, we are different.

Choosing not to have blame

Nor will I shame

You love and accepting your very own flame

Because that’s what is right

And how we should fight

Allowing our individuality

To be set free

Apart from you and me

But choose to share love just the same.

I just want you to know

Before I must go

by being the you that you are meant to be

In that you will see

Within lies your purpose and power

And in that very hour

Those chains that have hold

Will break open bold

And when your finally set free

Above the landscapes serene

Above all the noise

That was stealing your joy

Is where you’ll understand the bigger picture.