“You brought me to placesI’d have never thought to goTo a trail near the riverWhere the water runs slow;To a mountain where all we heardWas our voices’ echo;You showed me inward beautyThat doesn’t show in photos.”

“My soul is crushed under the weight of tears I can’t spill.”

“Emotional pain was the price I paid on the path to becoming a woman. So excuse me if I’m not clueless like a little girl.”

“If happiness left scars on our bodies, we would never forget about all the glorious moments we’ve been blessed with.”

“Her love is safe inside his heart for he is her armor.”

“Forget the ones who tell you you are not enough and wait for the ones who tell you you are everything.”

“Yes, love can be wondrously complicated, it can be confusing, and it can be terrifying. But if it wasn’t all those things, then it isn’t love.”

“This heart; a stubborn one always feeling everything; all at once.”

“words are strange creatures”

“Poetry is the song of the heart, dance of the mind, and the outer expression of the inner beauty of the soul.”

“The sins of my youth hunt me down with ferocity, they are new every morningMy soul is troubled, and I am graced with disgrace This is a losing war, and my determination seems not enough to deliver meI have prayed and I have interceded, I have stayed up all night hoping to reconfigure my brain I pray and I plead and I pray to the heavens, lest the fingers that fed me forget meMy shameful lust has stripped me of all dignity, as I bow down and am made slave to sin Bound by my own iniquity, the wrath of God draws nearerI can only plead for mercy for so long, before I am considered a lost causeA solution for my madness is not evident, and my deliverance is nowhere in sightThis is sinking sand upon which I tread, and the clock is ticking”

“I see now that life is warbut I am so tired -”

“Struggle is not about fighting.struggle is something whichwill convert your bad daysinto your better days.”

“A woman is strong until she don’t trust”

“Through these uncharted roads,I hope to escape my recollections;I am so tired of seeing signboards,and following the same directions.”