Posted on June 3, 2020
by Shakiyla
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Initially, I planned to use this letter as a platform to address what’s going on in society. I would comment on the police brutality. I would defend the cries for air, the pleas for breath, the petitions for equality, but God told me to… Continue Reading “Dear Black Men:”
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Category: Life.Tags: accidentalpoetry, africa, african americans, america, black blogger, black blogs, black ink, black men, blacklivesmatter, blacklove, dear black men, healing, nigeria, poetry, Police brutality, slave trade, wordpress
Posted on January 29, 2014
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The title of this blog came from a man I can definitely consider a friend, leader, and brother in Christ. He said it with so much heart that I couldn’t help but carry it away with me in my spirit. I was watching a… Continue Reading ““They can’t BE what they can’t SEE””
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Category: Life.Tags: christ, colossians, community, conviction, decipleship, desire, ezekiel, fight, go out, innocense, interviews, january, life, love, passion, peace, poetry, pray, prayer, prison, real, seek and find, spirit, stories
Posted on January 29, 2014
by Shakiyla
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“There are some nights whensleep plays coy,aloof and disdainful.And all the wilesthat I employ to winits service to my sideare useless as wounded pride,and much more painful.” Maya Angelou
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Category: Life.Tags: aloof, coy, express, insomiac, insomnia, love, maya angelou, nights, peace, poetry, sleepless, speak, useless, words
Posted on June 19, 2013
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So , You’ve been hypnotized by the possibilities. She only gives you one shot, blow it and she’s gone. You can’t rush her, or slow her down. Her name is time. I ain’t got a answer. Your eyes are never satisfied. I focus on… Continue Reading “FavoriteLines.”
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Category: Life.Tags: bullets, fathers, fear, forgive, lines, listen, love, mind, poems, poetry, propaganda, random, read, repentance, research, slow down, snippits, spoken word, think, times, vengence
