Unnecessary Insults: Embedded to Exit

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.”

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Embedded to Exit

I waited for this energy to disappear. "Take some initiative!" I wanted there to come a morning it wakes up, jolts me one last time - long and intense for memory's sake - and leave. For good. Then, I'd have permission. Its. My own. Yours. Have I forgotten? Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It must be converted.

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It's 5:17. I've been writing for over an hour. Energy seeping through me and into the content. I'm the container and consciousness of a conscience struggling to employ common sense when it comes an extraordinary energy. It's 5:23, and I need movement. I'm trying to change states. From potential to kinetic. From embedded to exit.