Tag: change

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 175

Day 175: “You Can Set You Free”

Knowing yourself

Gives you freedom

If you truly know who you are

What makes you happy

Where you feel most aligned

Then judgment means nothing

You don’t believe the negativity

Because it simply isn’t true

To you

You don’t take on anything that dims you

You don’t accept the shame others try to give you

It’s not easy though

But spending time with yourself

Paying attention to what makes you feel incredible

Alive

Centered

That’s the makings of an authentic you

You want to be unapologetically yourself

You want to be unashamed

Then get to know yourself

And do what makes you happy

Watch what holds you back fall away

And rise as the most you you there is

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 172

Day 172: “Stages of Summer”

Crisp, cool air

Feels like spring

Like the sun is going to be coming out more

Like summer vacation is on its way

Before the heat dictates the amount of time I spend outside

When the thunderstorms roll in

Giving a break from the hot and sticky

I can smell the rain

Feel the change in the air

Then the heat comes

Knocks me down

Kicks me

And keeps kicking me

Until I’m drenched in sweat, sad, and alone

I board up the windows

Crank the AC

And say goodbye to the world

Until the sun starts setting sooner

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 171

Day 171: “Life is a Constant Change”

I haven’t met the me

That will wake up tomorrow

Or the me that will be walking down the street

A week from now

I’ve said goodbye to many me’s

Some linger

But I’m a new me

Every day

Every minute

Growing

Changing

Getting older

Hopefully wiser

Living

So I’ll rest my head tonight

And say goodbye

Ready to greet the new me in the morning

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 129

Day 129: “For the People”

Resistance is not about the people in power

It’s about the rest of us

Banding together

Finding common ground

Love

Empathy

Positivity

Joy

You don’t get to say, “I’m not political”

Because to exist as a woman, person of color, member of the LGBTQ+ community, someone who is non-binary

Is political

Not by choice

It just is

So let’s join the walk

Not to make a difference in policy at the highest level

Who knows if they’re even listening?

But to create community

And change minds

‘We the People’ and all

A Poem a Day: a Series – Day 95

Day 95: “Eruption”

Just one day

Can make everything fall apart

One ill-made decision

One misrepresentation

One callous remark

One violent gesture

Can make it all come crumbling down

When you get up from the rubble

Dust yourself off

You see the signs

They were there before

But you see them now

It didn’t just all blow up one day

It was a slow, lava-oozing rupturing

Just an upset stomach

That became an infected mess of pain

A full-blown eruption

A big eye-opener

Emergency surgery

You have to cut out the poison

To live

That kind of gives me comfort

That things don’t just blow up out of nowhere

But it does make me question my judgment