This is a great poem by Maya Angelou. Whatever you are going through in life, you have to have the fight of a champion. We all go through good and bad times, but like this poem says, we have to rise. It is not about falling, because we will more than once our lives. It is about picking yourself up, and keep plugging away. Perseverance is key!
Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise. [click to continue…]
YPs, check out this informative and inspiring act of ‘spoken word’ by Jasmine Mans. Apparently she has been able to make a name for herself and her talents across the country. This particular piece is entitled “Nicki Minaj” but has an even greater subplot. I did not take this as, focusing on dissing Nicki Minaj. I took this as a means to EMPOWER WOMEN in general. Nevertheless, YPs listen to this talented YoungProfessional as she expresses herself the best way she knows how! YPs Stand Up!!!
Repression Being with you was frighteningly safe Knowing one better than myself, provided a forever familiar face You filled my space Whether it was with joy or torment, There was always someone there that was meant For me I thought you’d be happy and willing to work But your sudden change of heart causes [...]
IMPERFECT PLAN Stuck in between never and what it really means She questions forever Realizing it may never be (realizing it never may be) Exactly as she planned Even if there was a looking glass she couldn’t have seen this coming Heart broken so early in the game She now fights back against love Letting [...]
ECLIPSE ON MY WORLD …DARK WITHOUT YOUR LIGHT You are beautiful bright and spectacular Visible to the naked eye you flew past me and I was speechless Now lets just hope your perfection wasn’t a once in a lifetime sighting I wouldn’t be able to handle you being my halley’s comet Me Making it through [...]
Traces of Sadness What happens when love is not enough anymore to make us stay? When talking hasn’t worked and no one knows what else to say? Frustration has settled on emotions and left a film love’s unable to remove. I’ve paced back and forth trying to figure things out, but still I lose. [...]
ON DAYS LIKE THIS On days like this….when the sun meets the horizon just right and the world looks beautiful I swear i can see him I remember his face like it was a fresh memory Instead of what it was… old tattered and what should be long forgotten The contours and lines of [...]
Flash.ing Lights I bathe in the illumination of his light flash capturing past pains, making them right fingertips gently tighten loose bulbs of insecurity when I am in his presence, I can simply be me. still photos of his smile slip into my album of happiness his heat exposes my dark room, warming every cold [...]
OUR EQUATION See two times our two timing didn’t add up in the end Weather it be Plus or minus we could never find the sum of us Searching for a product many nights that I used my pen to describe Cus see Pen plus paper equals good math But my thoughts of you were [...]
Guarded Heart With guarded heart I allow you closer Unsure of outcome Unsettling fear jarred in the crevice of my emotions Eyes narrowed on the dark cloud afar Praying it won’t find its way over the home we’ve built. Guilt. Loss of trust, shadows us as we walk heart in hand through this life Trying [...]
YPs I have a guest blogger that has sent me a few poems to share with you ladies and gents by the name of Radiant Theory but to us she will be known as YPTheory. The first poem this young lady has shared with YPBlogSpot is regarding what can happen when trying to do [...]
[Intro: This is the story of the silently wounded.] It slips between grasp like sand. Time. Memories. Love. You. She’s suffered from internal bleeding for quite some time No one ever knew; she always kept a smile Drowning in self-misery, refusing to let it get all of she Resilient to the untrained eye Only thee [...]
[Intro: Love can seem so cruel at times – attaching itself to whom it chooses. Falling in love with someone that’s forbidden…] Accidental Love Affair Who’s to say that this thing is fair? Found in an accidental love affair Feelings danced around the edges of heart Dissecting morals, part by part Strength of passion, like [...]
