Caught in the Arms of ED
YOU MIGHT THINK I AM STRONG I THINK YOU GOT IT WRONG I LIVE LIFE DAY TO DAY HOPING IT WILL GO MY WAY I HAVE MY FRIENDS AND MY FOOD PLAN MY THERAPIST AND MY THOUGHTS MY EXERCISE AND MY EXCITEMENT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND I GET CAUGHT CAUGHT IN THE ARMS OF ED TURNING MY EYES AWAY FROM MY FOCUS TO WIN THE FIGHT THAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO STAY. HE TELLS ME THAT I AM SELFISH THAT I SHOULD DOUBT MY EVERY MOVE ONE MINUTE I AM HAPPY DO I HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL THIS GOOD? DOUBTING MY STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE AS ED ALWAYS KNEW I WOULD I AM LOSING INCHES AROUND MY WAIST AND MY PANTS ARE FALLING OFF I SEE THE FACE OF ED IN MY HEAD AS HE BEGINS TO LAUGH AND SCOFF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING STRONG YOU THINK YOU GOT ME BEAT LET ME SEE YOU LOSE EVEN MORE YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU WERE WRONG.
Skinny Memories
By the age of 15 I was already dangerously under-weighted and also avoiding 2 or 3 meals every day, working out intensively and still being able to manage a whole world of lies I made with the purpose to hide my own private nightmare from my parents and teachers. I thought that moment, It was lucky the loosen 90 s fashion I wore those days allowed me to succeed on my slim down self-imposed goals. But, after two attempts of commit suicide I chose to confront my problem and welcome myself into the healing process. It was not easy, the healing process took seven years of my life and several mistakes, wrong choices that did not helped me out.
Roll Into the Night
Ride the Zephyr across America. See the sunset and sunrise and the plight of America from aboard the train. Passenger train roll into the night Into the morning and into the night Forever I roll across America The steel rail glistens along the way Into the night and into the day The streamlined cars roll Across a land so big Places to go Places to be and places to go Across the mountains and across the plains Across the rivers, wide and mighty Past picked-fences and broken glass allies Neon lit nights, sunrise in valleys Mailboxes on roads, the train rolls by A tractor tills soil; a dog chases its tail The locomotive plies onward Into the night and into the day The train sails clickity-clack The engineer waves, the crossing gate dings Across our land the east bound sings Bacon hits griddle;
Sierra Leonean Poetry - It s Emergence and Features As it Was Struggling to Take Shape
Sierra Leonean poetry started in the late 19th century with poems published in English and the lingua franca, Krio in The Sierra Leone Weekly News, amongst the first newspapers to be established in the colony in 1860. The most famous of all the Sierra Leonean newspapers (which were of high quality) in the late 19th and 20th centuries, it was founded in September 1884, by Rev. J.C May aided by Dr. E. W. Blyden and edited by J. C. May's brother, Cornelius, who later became mayor of Freetown in the 1920s. Poems were sometimes written by settlers, mostly Europeans, who had migrated into the country.
Dreams of Love
The energy in you is well enough to swing the Sun, Before the Stars were born you were already one with love, Before mountains foundations were made happiness is you. Angels speaks musically in a sweet compassionate caring voice. Suddenly time vanished, air was no more and pure light descend. So bright, so intense, is beautiful and peaceful to feel such presence. Then the invisible became visible and wishes became reality. A powerful instinct then navigated me through an unfamiliar paths. So surprise and a bit confuse of my surroundings I panicked. Suddenly, calmly and sweetly a hand came hugging me tight.
Awaken! Connect With the Creator
Connect with the Creator to find the blueprint to who you are and your life. Live your life to the fullest and in freedom. If the world around you had influenced you to live the counterfeit it is now in your hands to claim what is rightfully your's. Arise! Awaken! You are called To bring the Good News To the poor in spirit To heal the broken hearted To set the captives free And you are about To be set free Has the World around Robbed you of your true identity Enticed you with the counterfeit Or perhaps it has Rejected you And crushed your spirit Is there a tug of war Deep down in your heart Do you hear your own whisper Who am I, what am I here for Do you do life and not live life Has life lost its meaning Lacking in lustre And not fulfilling Do you feel as if buried alive Are you devoid of passion For love and life Do you wake up each morning Motivated by the pay cheque Not by the mission or the vision Are you anxious about The uncertainties of tomorrow Are you fearful of the unknown That you lose your sleep Here is hope for you It is time That you quicken to your Creator Who has your blueprint Listen to HIS gentle voice Whispering in your heart Who you truly are HE thought of you From the foundations of the earth HE fashioned you Even before you came into being In HIS infinite wisdom HE purposed and planned What you would be and would do One of a kind not a duplicate A unique creation Of The Maker of Endless Variety The One Who delights in you For you are HIS masterpiece No one else had the right To tell you who you are For they never had the knowledge As to who you really are You have the right to know Who you really are The right to tell the World As to who you really are The right to live life Being who you are And the right to know from the One Who really knows who you are The question is Do you want to know Who you really are The chances are That you would not bother Until you figure out That somewhere along This journey of life You lost yourself For whatever reason Someone else Other than your Maker Perhaps even yourself For that matter Decided who you would be And what you would do The World decided your fit And you became it The World validated Your counterfeit image And you grew in it Some day you may wake up realising That you are not walking in your own skin You get uncomfortable After all it's the wrong fit The turmoil sets in The tug of war begins Your soul cries out For deliverance That's when you would be Desperate enough to be set free And listen to HIS gentle call To be born again And die to your counterfeit self Ashes to ashes Dust to dust You will arise Bit by bit Birthed by The Creator's Spirit To be free as the wind blows To be yourself and leap forward To walk tall in God To talk boldly for God You will delight in who you are And celebrate who you are Even as the Creator delights And celebrates who you are .
Our Names Changed the Day You Were Born
DADDY My name changed to "Daddy" When Eli my son, Arrived on this earth And I became all 'undone.' The excitement I experienced Sent shivers down my spine; This little boy-person Who made himself known quite loudly that night. Eli, Eli my son and my pride; My joy and delight, My excitement at daybreak My peace in the night. I long to teach you The things men do Like hunting and fishing, To be a man through and through. Along with all those things The most important is this To love the Lord God; In doing this you won't miss... The contentment of knowing Your whole life through That he'll always be with you And eternity too!
Purpose and Ambition - Healthy Purpose and Heartfelt Ambition
Healthy purpose and heartfelt ambition To improve your social standing and position To bolster your esteem and inward condition A mighty source of inspiration and motivation Ridding your soul of weakness and intimidation Causing ongoing illumination and transformation Bringing about self-awareness and reconciliation As you journey alone and come to a revelation An superbly enlightening and sobering realization That every dream seemingly needs a dream team Success has many fathers, failure is always an orphan Therefore as you drive full force, you need someone To encourage, praise, cheer you on, and uplift you To pat you on the back like a brother and remind you To quietly sit and intently listen as you spill your guts To break the cycle of defeat and pull you out of a rut To tirelessly drive you beyond your threshold of pain To boldly challenge you to excel and not be the same To awake you from early morning slumber to live fully To sustain you late at night with supernatural energy To enable you to push through the many distractions To propel you past the seductions and fatal attractions To direct the course of your life and remove deadly strife To help you elegantly transcend the competitive tendency To be happily be your best, be content, and live fearlessly To gloriously arise and shine no matter the season or time To magnificently blossom into your potential and climb Higher day by day, believing, breathing, being, and becoming Never succumbing to comfort zones, mediocrity, or timidity Stretching yourself continually so you can grow dynamically At the end of the day feeling satisfied, content, and well spent Knowing you've invested yourself wisely and lived authentically.
Warrior Within - Believe in Yourself and Reach Your Destiny
You travelled this far Holding The Creator's Hand To conquer and posses The Promised Land To drive away Your enemies from it Now you see a brick wall Right ahead of you And you cannot see A thing beyond You feel as if The end has come You are discouraged That you would not make it To the other side But did you know that The brick wall is there So you will walk By faith And not by sight Do you believe In your heart That you are only Inches away From the Promised Land Brick walls are not Put in front of Those who do not Will to climb them Brick walls are put Ahead of them That would dare To be different Rise up to be radical Who would go The extra mile Who would do Whatever it takes To cross to the other side To possess what is On the other side Brick walls are there To make you want What's on the other side So desperately enough And if you believe its worth it Nothing will keep you from getting it It is within your hands to reach it You are the one to decide If you are the warrior Or the victim If you have faith In your Creator His Spirit is in you There is a sure warrior Within you For God is a warrior And so are you For HE lives within Your heart If you believe in Him You will believe In yourself The brick wall Will not keep you away From your Promised Land .
And the Angels Sang, You Were Born to Fulfill
And the Angels Sang... On Earth The Virgin with Child, in labour Along with Husband Joseph as the hour Drew, To bring forth a Child They found stable wild The fragrance of poverty and Innocence Waft through cold night's silence The scurrying of cattle hooves The grunting & shuffling moos On cut stalk the Virgin lay Joseph tenders her and pray Mary, the Virgin in patient waiting Waiting to deliver her bearing In Heaven The Angels were gathered together Waiting to see the queen deliver The Event of all Events - The Redeemer Coming to the earth the humble humbler In Stable A gentle and whispering of Child in Birth Breaks the silence, announcing Purge of Time and its new dawn on Earth And the Angels sang dancing 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men.