Your writing is so heartfelt and so authentic. Your love is powerful. This line stuck out to me a lot “I love myself because I’m willing to wait and sacrifice for all things meant for me” I love that. Your love for yourself will take you to people and places beyond your wildest dreams. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of our f…read more
That was/is very beautiful, impressing, and I actually am trying to write one about me loving myself-just having a hard time…Because I don’t love myself. But all you beautiful artists are encouraging/inspiring me to do so, so thank you from the bottom of my heart, God Bless, and I’m sorry-But I wish I could be with someone like you.…read more
I love how expansive this poem is! It’s obvious you really put a lot of effort and love into this poem and I feel like you were telling a story. The humour made this feel very personal 🙂
You have been through so much in your life, and yet your heart is still so warm and loving. That is a gift to yourself and to those around you. While you are grateful for the good and bad, always be most grateful for you. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of our family. <3 Lauren
Dear Beyond Me,
Bravo! This poem reminded me of Faiz “My heart, my traveler” and especially of the line “I would gladly welcome death if it were to come but once,” You’re so talented ! Can’t wait to see mroe of your work!
Wow! I am so glad you found your voice. It was always there and no you know it is there. I’m proud of you for digging deep and realizing your strength and power. <3 Lauren
So when they ask me about my 2024
This is what I wrote
I set some goals
& I could easily tell you now
but my goals aren’t for everyone to know
I would rather show you how
I rather create my master plan—
have a talk upstairs w my old man
Jot them down—
remember how
The struggle is real
but God is Realer
How—plans are a guide
But usually never—fully set in stone
Sometimes you’ll go straight ahead—
sometimes you detour
Stay on your toes—
& ready for redirection
Cause the time will come—
when plans ain’t steady
Sometimes they go south
Sometimes they’ll go North
But don’t you worry—just hold tight
& don’t let go
Keep in mind—
there is more than one way—you can go
Just hand him the wheel—let him steer
& put your blinders on—
so you can see clear
Listen up & listen close
Be careful with all that—outside noise
Sometimes his voice can be real quite
So I do my best—to quite my surroundings
Cause—
How I’m suppose to hear him talking—
while listening to—“Yo Gotti”
God be tryna reach out to me—
after me asking him to guide me
But then—
I go straight into hiding
Hiding behind memes & streams—
that contradict what he believes
Catch what I’m saying?
I’m sorry Lord—I’m trying
I know you know best—
where I am—where I’m headed
& what needs—be left—behind me
Like that one time—
I had that vision of a business
But it didn’t make it
Named it—Vision Reality
I was so hopeful & determined
I held on to the idea—for some time
Tryna not—let go of it
I paid a lot of money out of pocket
Until I couldn’t pay—no more of it
Spent months & months—working on it
Alot of frustrating late nights—
that felt like wasted time
But no time is ever wasted—
if you chose to learn—from all the unexpected lessons
I know more now—then I did back then
& perhaps that—one failed attempt
will help me—perfect the next
……………………………….
Vision reality — Pt 3. ✨✨✨
Love Note Back To You 💙
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So when I think about 2024
& my goals I have set forth—
I write them down & plan ahead
Always keeping in mind—Remembering
I’m never fully in charge—
I’ve never been
I always wanna be in control
& I know it’s time—I learn to let go
Let go—of my so called “Master Plans”
Lay them down into—the Real Masters Hands
Let him help me quite all the noise
Take my lil social media breaks—as needed
so I can fully hear his voice
Focus on my own goals & life—
not just sit back-chillin—
watching y’all live yours
Live my life for me
Remembering—
Not everything in life—
needs to be shared
Not everyone—
needs to know everything
W so many distractions—
It can be easy to be sucked into the madness
To forget—our own goals & visions
So I take breaks—when I start to feel low or stagnant
& I revisit
Revisit my goals & pray on em’
Cause soon as I get comfortable—
i’m uncomfortable again
knowin I should—be working on the next one
So I ask him to help me—shut the world out again
& all it’s nonsense
To give me back my tunnel vision
& let me get a lil glimpse of him
To not let this world stain my lenses
cause I hate to become blind
& a prisoner of my own mind
& rob myself—of my own blessings
But when everything around me’s—
fake news
When everything is wrong—
that I once thought to be true
All this & more—can really weigh on me
& I can’t lie—it can really get depressing
So I ask my God—
for some love notes—here & there
To let me get a glimpse of heaven—
util I myself—can finally get there
So for 2024—
there’s so much—that I plan to do
Most of all—I just want to become—
less of me & more of you
I really love to brag about your love for us
Cause I wish the world knew—it’s true
But vise versa—I could never brag about MY love for you
I know I fail you—every day
Real quick tho—I just wanna say
Thank you—Lord
For your provision & my daily bread
For the day you told me
Just hold on—you won’t regret it
Trust me—I got it
Cause even though it sometimes hurts—
I’ll take it
Your writing always is so heartfelt, authentic, and powerful. Keep trusting in God, but more importantly, keep trusting in yourself. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of The Unsealed family. <3 Lauren
I want to learn how to understand that it’s okay to make mistakes, they happen all the time.
I want to learn to feel beautiful.
Beautiful in my intelligence, beautiful in my scares, beautiful in my smile, and beautiful in my tears.
I want to learn how to be the type of Beautiful that radiates.
I know I have it in me.
I’ve proved it time and time again.
I just can’t figure out why my mind is so blocked again.
I want to learn to love myself.
I don’t want to just love the way my skin glows as the sun bounces off my melanin or the way my body displays the natural curves that I wished for , but to love myself with every flaw, insecurity, hardship, talent, promotion, growth, and future moments.
I close my eyes and dream of the day that these feelings would go away, and I can finally be,
Daija, I am looking at your picture and I am 100 percent sure your beauty radiates. You have a warm and kind smile that touches more people that you know. You just got to let yourself feel it and believe. Don’t let negative energy deny you of all the beauty and greatness that is inside of you. You are so worth y. As someone who also moves too fast…read more
I’ve been feeling so defeated.
So many emotions bottled up,
Looking for a healthy way to release it.
I’ve always loved to write,
But too afraid to share the feelings I’m feeling.
Wanting to use my life to make a difference,
But I’d have to put myself out there,
For the whole world to see it.
Too afraid to lose my sense of security,
I hold on to all that I been through.
But what good is my pain,
If it’s not used to help you.
As the years pass me by,
Sometimes I feel I’ve lost my purpose.
Just when I think I’ve got it figured out,
Here comes life saying,
“Here, let me show you this.”
I have to relearn & readjust,
Every so many years,
& it’s so exhausting.
Idk whats right & what’s real,
Life tends to back out on its word & confuse me foreal.
Todays healthy, is tomorrows cancer.
Just when I think I’m headed in the right direction,
I fall off my track,
& create a new disaster.
I never knew how to love myself,
Even though I really tried.
My idea of self love backfired on me,
Time after time.
Then one day my body gave me no choice but to listen,
I was barely walking or standing & my mental health was deteriorating.
I had those thoughts we never talk bout,
Because I wasn’t living.
I was glued to my bed,
Thoughts racing day & night in my head.
I couldn’t be the mom I wanted to be,
& above all, I think that’s what broke me.
So many things combined,
Made my body explode inside.
& From there on out,
I had to say goodbye to the old me.
Day after day,
I wake up & go to bed in pain.
But I try… again & again.
Whole body screaming,
“Someone please come & heal me.”
Slowly but surely, I’m working.
Hoping to find the remedies to heal all the trauma stored in me.
I deserve more then self pity.
I’ve seen ppl worse off,
living they’re dream.
It would be so disrespectful,
Not to do all that I can,
To feel better.
I’m hurten,
but occasionally I hear that voice in my head saying, “I’m worth it.”
It’s a painfully slow progress,
But Its said, “slow & steady wins the race.”
I hear we hold within us & above us,
All the tools & strength.
Strength needed to face tomorrow,
Until you reach the day with no more sorrow.
Self healing, not self pity,
Is the motto.
My body is a powerful place,
Covered in Gods healing & grace.
& one day I shall conquer.
Aww it is never too late to find or pursue your purpose. Keep pushing yourself to love yourself, and enjoy all life has to offer. You are right, slow and steady does win the race. You got this. Thank you for sharing and thank you for being part of our unsealed family. <3 Lauren