When the world tries to get to you

This mantra might work… I refuse to succumb to words: that doubt my goodness discredit my work Ignore my contributions Insult my intelligence Mock my innocence Taunt my actions Question my worth I know what I am made of And so I will not leave it to others To sculpt me into their unfulfilled choicesContinueContinue reading “When the world tries to get to you”

A beggar’s life

cloth wrapped around unkempt, crushed, careless; less to cover the shame, the indignity which is now worn unassumingly like a dress itself. breast struggling to hide hairy legs streaked with brown dust running from vehicle to vehicle, signal to signal marking the territory for the clink in the begging vessel eyes pleading, words repeated anContinueContinue reading “A beggar’s life”