Enough- Children's Poem - Poet Warrior

Enough

by Socorro Jaquez 

Dear Lalo,

It brings tear to my eyes

Every time I see you!

This is not you,

The brother I knew years back—

The only family I had

When no one was there,

The only one I trusted.

You were my rock.

Now you’re like an angry dog,

Mad all the time.

Now I see you drugged

All the time.

I wonder:

When will you be good

Not high?

You question: why do I care?

Why tell you to stop?

It’s your life.

Yes, I understand,

I was there once.

When I was there,

I saw mom was hurting—

Our mom,

Sisters,

Brothers,

Our family.

When I was there,

You were hurting too.

You can’t lie.

I stopped.

Now I see you in the same path.

You might be older,

But I’ve been there.

And it hurts.

I see you out there

Putting things in your body

That can kill you.

Mom cries;

I cry.

We are scared

One day we will get a call,

But you don’t even care.

I understand

That it is your life,

But you are throwing it away.

Remember, I’ve been there before.

Yes we fight,

Act like we hate each other,

But at the end of the day,

We care about one another.

Don’t throw your life away.

You’re going to end up dead,

In jail.

You have made the house

A stop and go.

Seeing you doing all these things

Makes me think

How I was throwing my life away.

Think to yourself:

What do you want to do with your life?

Think about how much you love your family.

Think about your life.

I am hoping you understand

How much you are hurting

Yourself

And your family.

We love and care about you!

* God Speaks Through Babes *

Stuck Between Colors

Stuck Between Colors

by:Ken’Yonna Taylor

you say this is your time

theirs a fine line

between your time and my time

this is our time

you see me as black

and you think i see you as white

but i only see you as a person

that i no longer want to fight

we live in a world

where there used to be colored

but now its black and white

listening to the stories

it all seemed like a big fright

unlike some people who ran away

i will stay

i will fight fight for my rights

to be black in this crazy world

youre stuck between color lines

some people think im color blind

but im not

i just don judge people

by what color they are

i only accept people for who they are

7/16/13

Feeling absolutely amazing inside and out after a run along the lake. TFA Day meant we got off 1.5 hours early which was a surprise and is such a treat. To feel like I'm in a good place at 7:32 pm.

My kids are really being absorbed into my skin. I love those beauties. Their words and faces replay. How much progress we have made! Gosh, babies, I am going to miss you so.

Love,
Happily, steadily, confidently, vibrantly,

Heart and soul,
Jess

7/1/13

1 year today since I first met the love of my life.
It was also the day I taught a lesson to a class.
It was also the day I broke down tremendously again.
It was also the day his love clicked.
G-d, it is so powerful to feel the rapture of his love inside of me, moving me. Please do your work in me tonight, baby.


It's been so long since I've said these words: I am so in love with you


May I channel my love onto the children.

We all feel an impulse to self-medicate from time to time. The desire to escape is part of the human experience. We try different methods and we use them to different degrees. But we all use them.

There's another way! It's about not relying on an outside source to feel good on the inside. You have to start cultivating your own happiness from within. You are your own key--not him or anyone or anything else!

I hope you are jumping for joy right now!

Why?

Because this means that you are in the driver's seat! Your joy is in your hands and no one else's. You have complete control. (And I know how stoked you are to be in control!)

Find your "Soul Full" place

Here's the deal: there is a place inside all of us that knows we are 100% complete as we are. I call this place soul. We spend such a small amount of time living in our souls that we forget they actually exist.

But your soul does exist, and all it needs is a little attention from you. See if you can find it right now. It's the place in you that knows you're meant for greatness. It's the place in you that wants to make a difference. It's the place in you that is dying to live a fuller life.

Practicing living "Soul Fully" does not mean giving up feeling giddy or joyful or in love with him or anything else. You still get those doses of real love and joy, in fact, you're going to get more of them.

What it does mean, though, is you will not feel dependent on him for happiness. When he leaves you (literally or figuratively), you'll remain connected to your wholeness. You aren't going to loose your s#*t!

If you practice being guided by your soul, you are always going to know, on the deepest level, that you are more than OK; and then you'll really understand what it means to find true love.

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