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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Poetry 2 weeks, 5 days ago
Thank you I appreciate it. I am actually single but I still remain hopeful for love
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Write a letter to the world sharing one way your life is blossoming. 4 weeks, 1 days ago
Omg! I love this so much!!!! As someone who loves to cook and be in the kitchen. I love trying new recipes. And sometimes i don’t always get them right and i keep trying. And i am so glad you perfected your recipe. I love this so much!!!
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bakerdeandrea94icloud-com submitted a contest entry to
Write a letter to the world sharing one way your life is blossoming. 4 weeks, 1 days ago
New Life
What is blooming in my Life?
As I sit down to write this, so many things run through my head. But the simplest and yet deepest answer is me.
I am blooming. My true self is finally peeking through. Before trauma, I was me. Me before the abuse. Me before I realized I wasn’t loved by the people I loved. I before the hurt. Me before the pain. Me before depression. Me before anxiety. It’s like my soul has gone home. I am secure in ways I never thought possible. The impostor syndrome is not as bad. I have more control over the things that I can control. I have locked in with my purpose. And I am coming out of the cocoon I have been hiding in for so long. Yes, I still have troubles, but the peace that is in my soul with the ebb and flow of life’s river is something I simply can’t fully explain. I am filled with gratitude, and I honor the Most High to the fullest because I realize now. That every death I experienced to get to this point, every pain, every ache, every heartbreak, was so worth it.
I look forward to the joys and pains of life because I am so much stronger than ever. Each experience allows me to go deeper within myself so I can then minister to people and help them heal. I don’t have to hide who I am or feel intimidated, and I am open to receiving the goodness of life.
I was so broken last year, and I suffered in silence.
I retreated into my old mindset for my final death. So, I guess I am blossoming into the person I was always afraid to be. But now I am not afraid. And I know that I am sacred and I understand how to honor all that I am without shrinking myself. So here is a poem I wrote that is the best way I can describe what is growing in my life…Is she a phoenix?
Is she a flower?
Or is she a butterfly?
Or maybe she’s a bird?Maybe she’s rain.
I know for sure
She reincarnates
Time and time again.
She evolves.Maybe she is a volcano
Active, ready to erupt.
Destruction and rebirth
As her lava flows
Pruning and purifying
The Earth.Maybe she’s
just a force of nature
Powerful but delicate
As a flowerShe sprouts, grows
and blooms…
Maybe she is exactly
Who she knew she was
All along…I love you. I hope your life is blossoming in ways. As unimaginable as I am!
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Dee, everything about this piece inspires me! I am so glad that you are blooming now when you felt broken only a year ago. This proves to me that by changing our mindsets, we can change our lives. I hope that you continue blossoming and living your life on your terms. Thank you for sharing!
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Poetry 1 months, 1 weeks ago
Yes! It’s a wild, bizarre story about how it came to me because my brain surprises me everyday lol. I haven’t found my person, but I drew inspiration from knowing that it exists and will come.
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Pretty Dee shared a letter in the
Poetry group 1 months, 2 weeks ago
Eye You
Eye see you
Do you see me?
Soul to soul
Yet oceans away.Is it weird
To not only ask
For one more night—
But for you to stay?They say love lasts for a lifetime,
But every minute apart
Feels like you’re eons away.Eye see you.
Eye see the star you are.
I see the parts of your soul
You try to hide.Could it be
That you are my soul tribe?
Or maybe my mate…
Either way it goes,
This union feels divinely great—
Almost as if it was fate.Bashert.
Eye see you.
Soul to soul.
Fated love so true.
Eye see you.Bashert, my love,
For you is destined to be.⸻
My soul searches for you,
But eye cannot find
Where you are hiding…Some days I am rain.
Other days, I am earth.
Some days I am air.
Other days, I am fire.I scorch new paths to rebirth.
But will you still love me the same
On days when I can’t flow like water—
When I bring storms, lightning, and rain?I might blow my fuse and explode,
Blowing like wind…But the river of my love is ever flowing
Into oceans of understanding,
Deeper than the cosmos—
The great gift of knowing.That you are my Baz, and eye you.
My soul sees your soul,
As the light of this
Divine union shines through.Bashert, my love—Bashert.
For the Divine One
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Aww this is beautiful. Did you know Bashert is a Jewish word? I have heard my grandparents say it! Whether you found your person or not, I feel like there is a pull on our hearts – a knowing that our heart is connecting to another person’s heart. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed. I have so missed you and your…read more
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Yes! It’s a wild, bizarre story about how it came to me because my brain surprises me everyday lol. I haven’t found my person, but I drew inspiration from knowing that it exists and will come.
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Also, I am going to feature this piece in today’s newsletter :).
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This is beautiful! I’m so happy you have found someone you have such a strong, passionate connection with. ♥
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Thank you I appreciate it. I am actually single but I still remain hopeful for love
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Current Events 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank you so much! It’s frustrating because he has a child that is a year younger than my son that doesn’t have a dad now. But I know justice will come. I am just hoping for peace
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Pretty Dee shared a letter in the
Current Events group 4 months, 3 weeks ago
My Son's Uncle was Murdered By the Police three days before christmas... I am pissed so here's a poem
No justice no peace
That’s what they are screaming
in the streets
No justice no peace
The streets run red
While they back the blue
They don’t bat an eye
Because a wall matters
more than life
No justice no peace
That’s what the mothers
are crying in the streets
The streets flood
With innocent blood
Hard to say their
Names when
You’re still at the first sentence
They say we’re guilty
Because our skin holds
no innocence
They say we need repentance
No justice no peace
That’s what the brothers
are screaming in the streets
Broken glass and broken skull
Love is something that
became void and null
Bitterness and hatred
flood our streets
No more white sheets
The enemy has a badge and
a tailored suit
No justice no peace
Time to break the lease
Move from the apartments
Of pain and injustice
To the suburbs of righteousness and truth
No justice no peace
Let these words be
Proof of the prophecy
Of I’m not liable to say what we won’t do
No justice no peace
I fell to my knees
Came back purring
Ready to lead
My people to freedom
For the sake
of the kingdom
No justice no peace
Because they said it is “just us”
Free Palestine
Free Sudan
Free the Congo
Creation is crying
Don’t act like you don’t know
If you don’t like what I said
That’s fine because
I’m ready to the die for mine
I’m tired of my people crying
Government scamming and exploiting
The poor for money
We already know they lying
They bombing children
They are conducting massive genocide
They throwing stones
And then run and hide
To play victim
it’ll all work out
Like it’s the people
And not the system
And when we stand together
We are impervious
That’s the shit
That makes these
Colonizers nervous
No justice no peace
Don’t sell me no dream
Of mansions and gold-paved streets
For an afterlife
While I live in
A world built with lies
Pain, agony, and strife
You sell me everlasting life
And then take my life
Say we believe in the same
God
Yet you treat us like
Enemies
I thought we were supposed
to be kin
Your neighbor, brother, and friend
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I am so sorry that you have endured this pain right before the new year and holidays. I thank you for sharing your peace in this destroying society we live in! Thank you for your empowering words and using this platform to gain healing and to share insight amongst the world! I pray for you and your families healing during this tribulations. You…read more
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Thank you so much! It’s frustrating because he has a child that is a year younger than my son that doesn’t have a dad now. But I know justice will come. I am just hoping for peace
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bakerdeandrea94icloud-com submitted a contest entry to
Write a thank-you letter or poem to yourself 5 months, 1 weeks ago
Dear Pretty Dee,
Dear Pretty Dee,
I want to give you your flowers.
It’s so amazing how you were once so unaware but still walking in your power. You thought you were never worthy of anything good because of your past. You thought you had ran out of time, until you learned that you have the power to turn the hour glass.
I see you shedding new skin and you being free at last. You carried so much pain and now you’re finally shedding your past. Like a beautiful butterfly, you are freed from your cocoon at last.
I just want to thank you for rocking and rolling with life’s punches. You know how to transmute your strife and allow beautiful things to grow. You are a hero not just to your kids but to me. Even on the hard days you rise. I should call you and Phoenix; with how you burn in the fire just to ride from the ashes each time. Baby, you are a star who shines. And you never let it go out. Even when you were in darkness and filled with doubt you were still shining ever so bright. No matter how hard you used to self-sabotage, you couldn’t even dim your own light. I am so grateful to know you and to see you in every single season. You lived to tell the tales of why you had a 13th reason and how you beat it. You are more than a conqueror and patting yourself on the back doesn’t make you conceited. You thought you took some losses but really it’s a flawless victory. Because the things you release and let go of catapult you into your destiny. The better you are the best me. You ooze authenticity even when you try to hide in the shadows. Baby you are a sunflower and you will never be a rose. You really keep people on their toes. I am glad that you have learned to love being hated. Because now love grows in the places where you were jaded. I might be biased but I think you are the greatest thing that God could have ever created.
You learned to stop over-giving and watering others. And pour into you. I love the peace you have because you are more into your self-care. I love how you are so aware. I am thankful that you started implementing boundaries and you let them stay there. I thank you for allowing me in your space. I know i haven’t seen anything but your are giving me a taste. The endless love and gratitude that I have for you is unconditional and cannot be counted. I love that you over came the mountain that was you. I thank you for staying true even when you were lost. I’m so grateful that you realized that you are the boss. I can give you thanks and gratitude for ages but I might run out of pages. Because I am not worshipping just you but the Holy Spirit of God within. I am thankful to know that in you I will always have a friend and you got me where I lack.
DeAndrea, I honestly just want you to know that I am grateful for you and I love you to the next universe and back! You finally love yourself and stop waiting for people to water you back and get their approval. It’s the best thing you could have done. Taking care of you. So no matter what always stay true because your kids are becoming better people because of you.I love you,
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Dee, I love how deeply you love yourself! Most people criticize themselves to the point where there is little love left, but you see your worth and celebrate it! You are so right that we need to pour into ourselves before we can water others. Thank you for sharing your experience! You are an inspiration!
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Poetry 10 months, 1 weeks ago
Thank You Lauren! I am Slowly but surely making my way back. I just published my first book and OMG it’s freeing and give me so much anxiety at the same time. Thank you for proving the space as a writer to always be my authentic self
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Pretty Dee shared a letter in the
Poetry group 10 months, 1 weeks ago
When I Shake My Ass
You might shake
Your head at me
in Disapproval
And say
I have no class
Poke fun at me
And laugh
You might call me
Slut
You might call me Whore
Because I can
Move these hips
So melodically
On this dance floor
Your brain can’t help
But fantasize
About me doing moreIt’s a Hot girl Summer
Imma shake my dreads
To this Sexyy Red
Drop it down low
Cause whether
This ass is big or small
I am thick for sum
I back it up for
The 99s and 2000s
And twerk fa sum
Hands on my knees
I don’t mind bending
It over
To let it breathe
Cause I got hump
In my back
And I’m shaking this rump
Because it frees meYou might
Think I am sleazy
And that sleeping
With me is easy
Because I love moving
This booty meat
I shaking off shackles
Off me
Everything that used
to hurt me
Disappears
When I shake my ass
I tapping into my divine and
dark femininity
Twerking away the guilt and shame
From the trauma of early
Exposure to sexual activity
I am shaking myself loose
I am shaking myself freeFrom the voice of the imposter
and silent critic
Cause in the words of my
Granny B “ I don’t give a shit”
I am shaking off years of
Physical, emotional, mental and sexual abuse,curses
And trauma
This shit is generational
I inherited it from
My Mama’s mama’s mama’s
Mama’s mama
This shit goes deep
These thick thighs
Don’t save no other lives
But my own
I wiggle these hips
For every time
When I was younger
And was told
Dancing made me fast and Too grown
Like being stiff as a board
Made my sexual abusers leave me alone
So I guess I will be that floozy
Cause I will shake it to anything from
Slipknot to Tupac
Mozart, Dolly and Shaboozey
I shake my ass because I inner stand
The freedom in my movement
I fall in love with all I am
And who I am coming to be
I don’t give a damn
You can Judge me
I know who I am and that I am set free
So you can sit there like a bump on a log
I am celebrating me
So enjoy the view I guess
While I gyrate and wiggle
This bodacious booty
And receive the blessings
release the stress
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DEE!!! This piece is awesome. It’s so real and authentic. I love to dance, and dancing is very freeing for me, too. Like writing, it’s a form of self-expression. I am glad you don’t care what other people say or think, and you just celebrate yourself! Keep doing your thing. Xo. I am highlighting this piece in our newsletter as a featured story…read more
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Thank You Lauren! I am Slowly but surely making my way back. I just published my first book and OMG it’s freeing and give me so much anxiety at the same time. Thank you for proving the space as a writer to always be my authentic self
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Poetry 1 years ago
Thank you so much! I am happy this poem inspired you.
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Pretty Dee shared a letter in the
Poetry group 1 years, 3 months ago
Heaven's Morning
How many times have I
Done this wicked communion?
I present my body and blood
Not for nourishment
But to be devoured until I am no more
He who eats and drinks of this
Cup unworthily drinks damnation
Unto himselfUnholy communion
Attached to eternal bliss
Forgotten pledge to the cross
As we kissWe wrestled all night until
The sun peeks its head
above the horizon
And venerates
our bodies with lightYou slumber still
I wide awake
Wondering what will this be
Will this man be it for me?
My God my Holy one
The father and son
My Savior
I still feel the essence of your spirit
Inside of me
I still taste the flavor
Of your skinI still hear the echoes
From the wall
As I call for Jesus
Every inch graced
By your touch
It pleases
All my senses
As I come to the consensus
With my mind body spirit
And soul
You are my God
MY will I submit to you
Let the actions of my body
Be pleasing to you
Feel the eruption of my worship
As my living water flowsHeaven only knows
Dreams of monogamy
Carnal insecure thoughts wondering
If he is lying to meBecause last night we were on earth
Underneath the stars and the moon
Gazing and anticipating
Quiet heavy whispers
Questioning if it’s too soon
I only known you for a moment
But you’re familiarLike always meant to be mine
Always meant to share space and time
In a past life we were distant lovers
Faithful Ritualistic promises of
See you next lifetime
Engraved in our DNA
And unconscious mindIt’s like I spent every life
searching for you
Too stunned to speak
Loving you from a distance
You noticed me
But we shied away
Translated as indifferenceWondering what am I missing
When will time be kind?
At this very moment
all the timelines
AlignAll in-sync
Body to body
Melanin on melanin
Skin in skin
Shedding the weight of
Our earthly bodies and its sinAscending into the cosmos
Intertwining until we are one
Only God knows
When we shall be undone
The universe sings praises
And exalts our union
We are gods
The universe is pleased
I cover you just as Nut
Does for Geb
When he admires
Her beauty
We both intertwined
In this web
Of ethereal blissWe fly past constellations,
planets and Galaxies
And make love
in the nebula clouds
Our sweat scattered across
The universe and heavensAs we take our rest
No need for words
While we lie naked
And undressed
Our chocolate bodies
Dancing in the shadows
Of my head
Heart distressed
At the potential mess
This could be
You’re asleep
And Wide awake I lay
In this bed
As the sun rises
From its slumber
the angels of light
Dance on the walls
of this room
I find peace and rest
in the quiet of
Heaven’s morning
And wait for the
Cleansing
Found in
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Pretty Dee, Your words are filled with passion and longing, painting a vivid picture of desire. Embrace the beauty of the moment and trust in the journey ahead. May you find the peace and cleansing you seek in the embrace of love.
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Thank you so much! I am happy this poem inspired you.
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Write a letter or poem about your favorite day of 2023 1 years, 3 months ago
Thank you Lauren that is so needed. I just appreciate you for providing the platform to share my gift and connect with others.
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Poetry group 1 years, 3 months ago
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bakerdeandrea94icloud-com submitted a contest entry to
Write a letter or poem about your favorite day of 2023 1 years, 4 months ago
Anyways, Life is Good....Gooder than Good
To my Unsealed Tribe,
Everyday is a favorite day for me
I opened my eyes this morning and I could see
I could move my legs and stand on my feet
Wiggle my toes
And touch my nose
Use my mind to write this proseRunning water, working lights
Food in my fridge
Roof over my head
Despite my many obstacles
I am not dead.I can put a smile on my face
Even in the darkest place
Because every day I breathe
is my favorite dayI remember the days
when I didn’t think this way
I remember wanting to hide
And wish the world awayI thought the only way
I could find peace
Is if I was laid in a linen lined box
And placed in a plot
While the words
“With deepest sympathy”
Are recited to my kids and family
And I be laid to rest
“In loving memory”
Yes , everyday is my favorite dayEven when it didn’t go as planned
And even the days I was
Surrounded by my enemies
And out mannedThrough every experience this year
I have learned life is grand
And to push away all fear
And run full speed ahead
I dare myself to stay the course
And in every moment, minute , hour
Day and season
That my breathe is more than
Enough reason
To let everyday be my favorite
Even on the bad days I will claim it
You will never grow
If the sun is always shining
And the sky is never raining
This year I learned how to
Not only love the rain
But dance in it
Everyday is my favorite day
Because the breath in my body means I am winning.Peace and Love
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Dee i love you so much! This piece is amazing just like you. You are so talented and you are soul is pure light for us all. I absolutely love love love this piece. Thank you for being you. Thank you for sharing. <3 Lauren
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Thank you Lauren that is so needed. I just appreciate you for providing the platform to share my gift and connect with others.
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Why Are You Worthy of the Utmost Respect? 1 years, 5 months ago
Thank you so much Alisha I’m glad I moved you. And hey I’m going to request you to be a pen pal I love your energy! You just made me smile so hard I love your one word description. I felt magical writing this piece
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Why Are You Worthy of the Utmost Respect? 1 years, 5 months ago
Thank you I appreciate you for providing a platform where I can be vulnerable and be my most authentic self. I’m finally being heard and I’m overjoyed that I get to be apart of this community.
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Write a letter about leaving your comfort zone 1 years, 6 months ago
Awwww thank you so much Lauren! I have missed you guys so much! My schedule is currently tied up because I start school next week. I’m ready but I’m scared at the same time! But I’m going into the unknown and expecting my great success and being the best version of myself
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You are a star. An absolute star. You will do amazing! Do not worry. You got this!
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Why Are You Worthy of the Utmost Respect? 1 years, 6 months ago
That is so true!
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Pretty Dee responded to a letter in topic Poetry 1 years, 6 months ago
Same I love the Rain in all forms it is so peaceful and relaxing. I literally listen to rain to go to sleep.
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