All Black Lives
Tonight I pray for healing.
Tonight I pray for understanding.
Tonight I pray for peace.
Tonight I pray for patience.
Weary is my mind.
Weary is my heart.
Weary is my soul.
Yet still, I carry on.
I want justice for ALL Black lives. We cannot, I repeat, we cannot obtain true liberation if we leave some of us behind. Black Trans Women deserve better. Black Trans Men deserve better. Black Queer People deserve better. Black people with intersectional identities must be listened to, must be cared for, must be represented in our movements.
Black family, we must. do. better.
#ALLBlackLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackLifeMatters
Credit: Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC)
My Time is Now!
Finally! I’m committing to my passion and following through. I tried to create a blog before this one, but I lost motivation and abandoned it. The drive just wasn’t there and other life circumstances got in the way. Every now and then I revisit it just to remind myself of the problems I dealt with a few years ago. The problem with that blog was that I was attempting to complete a 100 Happy Days challenge after a bad breakup with my ex-girlfriend. I just knew that it was going to help heal my broken heart. But it didn’t. I just knew that I would commit to posting once a day every day. But I didn’t. I struggled to get 10 days documented because I was using the blog as a way to ignore my feelings and distract myself. I really needed to devote time and energy into myself and my mental well-being.
These past few years I have done a lot of self-exploration. I spent some time sitting with my depression and processing through my trauma in therapy. Some days I get overwhelmed and tend to fall into negative thoughts, but I try my best to express my emotions through my poetry. Other days I am extremely joyful and thankful for this headache called life because every breath is a blessing. I think I am now in a place to fully commit to a blog and I am not afraid to be vulnerable with the world anymore. Writing, blogging, typing your story can be so empowering because it is your story to tell. I just can’t wait to get started.