Unnecessary Insults: October 2019

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.”

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Lose Shame To Love Me

She never liked to be challenged

Estranged with her power

She sank in cowardice

Lost in internal malice

She was sure to be a casualty

Of her inner war...

She preferred them unavailable,

Emotionally stunted, and unstable

She wanted everything familiar

Then she would go into it fearless

Confident she would hurt...

She punished herself

Just for being her

She believed she got

Exactly what she deserved

Now she knows that was bullshit

Now she speaks to herself in the silence

"I love you, Kechia."

She said it aloud...

I'd always go into it wildly

I needed to lose guilt to find me
This regret was killing me softly
I needed to hate doubt to love me, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, love, yeah
To love, yeah

I needed to lose shame to love me