Legacy

Legacy

Dirt roads and hot wheels
Cookouts and family meals
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July
Memories made as days go by.
Family fun and times of despair
Through thick and thin your always there.

To build us up and support us all
Handing out tough love while protecting us when we fall.
The branches expand but the roots still stand.
A foundation unwavering as we walk hand in hand.

Remember your beginnings on your road to success.
Placid we began, solid we remain, connections maintained,  legacy sustained.

"Together we stand, divided we fall."

Bewildered

Bewildered by these incessant emotions 

Disillusioned by this misplaced devotion 

Circumstances beyond my understanding
A truce between my heart and mind is what life is demanding.
Living a lie and longing for truth
Bewildered by how this type of bond developed between us
Against all odds through storm and rain
The love I feel remains the same.
Wrapped in uncertainty surrounded by doubt
No matter the reason I want to see what the confusion is all about

Bewildered...

I'm So Dope

I'm So Dope that I'm considered to be a superhero to some

Making dreams reality by showing them a reflection of their greatness.

Watching the twinkle of hope reappear after life, society or negative self-talk has snatched it away like a thief in the night.  

I'm so Dope that those who many said never will, do.  They rise from the ashes of their circumstances believing in themselves, accomplishing their goals and turning negativity into success

I'm so Dope that I admire resilience, applaud perseverance, and find solace in proving naysayers wrong.

Give me the least of them and let them show you how bright their light does shine.

I'm so Dope that I find light in the darkness and fan every flicker until it shines brighter.  Blinding those who lost hope in them.

So know that if I've invested time and energy into you it's because the light outweighed the darkness and I'm so Dope that I stuck around until you were able to see it illuminate the world. 

Beyond the Bitterness

           

Bitterness is like taking poison and waiting on the other person to get sick. 

Left in a sea of misunderstanding; 

Body and soul searching for a place to land.  Treading lightly on the delicate surface.  Afraid to move forward no where to turn. 

The stench of stagnation infiltrates the senses. 

 In search of a place for the emotional waste to be dispensed. 

Drown in the sewage or wade through the s***. 

 To find life beyond the bitterness.