Favorite Quotes

“If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.”

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

"...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you; we are in charge of our attitudes."

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”

“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Look Past Me

You were looking for beauty.
You looked past me.
You were looking for perfection,
So you looked past me.
You were looking for riches,
And you looked past me.
You were looking for easy;
You looked past me.
Opened eyes, closed heart,
You missed my best parts.
You looked past my spirit,
My beautifully gentle, perfectly human,
Richly kind, and easily complex spirit.
You live on the surface, inert, afraid of depth,
Rejecting everything that helps you see yourself.
There is nothing physical about seeing within.
Don't do me any favors; please look past me again.

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