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Disrespect at an all time high, I hate myself for loving you the way I do.  Periodically ghosted and ignored as if I don't matter to you.  Your word means nothing, empty promises the norm.
EVERYDAY SHE RESTRAINED A CRY OF SEVERE PAIN THE PAIN THAT ONLY INCREASED MOST OF THE DAYS, SHE WAS LOST
I am hopeful and I am loving I wonder what my purpose here is I hear voices filled with desire I see visions of success I want to be remembered
I feel so free! Oh my God, I am free! There is no reservation in the words that I write There is no tongue biting in the thoughts that I speak I am so unstoppable not even Denzel could stop me –
Resilient. For I can sail my boat despite the chaotic storms. In the dictionary you would find my name, picture, soul next to the definition of resilient. What made me resilient? My battles.
There was a girl who stared into mirror.  She stared at the mirror all day. What she saw was a powerful, bright young woman. With this woman she was at the height of her future.  Then the girl said, "This is me."
  You put words in my mouth, You shut my spirit, close my world,
*Singing*   Sometimes I feel
I am rejoicing todayBecause even though There is famine in South SudanAnd my country is betraying its constitution Today is the day I celebrate victory on the home stretch 
let me tell you about yourself.
How is it that you took a whole person and then shatter their being? How is it that you can make me the happiest and the saddest person in the universe?
Too often girls hear the word NO. NO you can't go to school- you're not allowed NO you can't get a job- it's not in our culture NO you can't leave the house- it is too dangerous But I WANT to go to school
The beginning of my life shaped the end. Bare bones exposed from under nourishment Made me want to dig myself out of the hole we were living in. From violent nights came a curiosity of those violent actions.
Oh Dear Romeo I am quite happy not having you lay beside me It has been months without the want of another companion It all just stopped I forgot the time   In fact Romeo,
Rising sun, rising moon Increasing into the deep blue Later comes dawn TIme to be Bygones Decreasing is your fate And the night is late   Life is like East and West Rise and Fall
You fear what you don't understand. But then you learn the language and discover what you've missed. Like a child looking at a legendary work of literature or art. It is impossible to appreciate if you can not comprehend.
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