Ode to melanin

I live being black, I breathe black, I look in the mirror and thank jah for being black this is not a curse but an eternal blessing bestowed upon us until the day we cross over I love me I love us black every day unapologetically I don’t ask permission I just am Its innate…

Anger……

If I was to be honest this is a promise, The anger plaguing my heart shall one day depart And the pain crushing my heart against my chest like waves crashing against the shore shall one day depart And if I was to explain this distance I’m here in person but my mind had gone…

New bloom….

Plucked open my soul like a delicate flower, peeled back the layers, he wanted to nourish me with his healing Said he wanted to kneel in my love that I thought no longer existed in my bruised battered heart…….Cocoa rose 2016 (c) β€οΈπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸŒΉ

Soul gazing…..

He read my soul carefully and slowly as if it were the pages of a new book he didn’t want to damage, he read my soul as if the story just leapt up and blurred his vision the only way to clear his eyes was to dig deeper….. cocoa rose 2016 (c) β€οΈπŸ’›πŸ’šπŸŒΉ

Sadness….

I could see the pain behind her big brown eyes, though she tried to hide it there was no surprises Her soul was screaming to be set freed but she felt it was only a dream None of this seems real it’s as if her life was playing on a movie reel Drawing me in…

Pain

Her tears drip drip dripped down her face like a leaky tap unable to sustain itself Her emotions were a whirlpool churning up inside her though she vowed not to become a black hole devoid and empty She was teetering on the edge of complete insanity it was not a man to rescue thee but…

Emotion

Rain fall He drenched my earth with his rain saturating me with essence felt like we were in the middle of the Amazonian rainforest of the trees could tell a tale that would say we saw everything our sounds echoed by the trunks and the brownness and sweetness was rivalled by our melanin becoming one………

His feeling you but you’re unsure….

Hello ladies, let’s chat shall you ever been in that situation where you found a man attractive but didn’t have feelings for him as of yet? Well I have and when he admitted how he felt I wasn’t in to him like that or to put it better I wasn’t ready for him. Its a…

Black men’s strength

I’m usually one for bigging up my fellow black women but today I decided I’m going to big up you black men acknowledge your powerful natures. You black men are strong amazing worthy individuals and it’s time you see what we black women see. Don’t be discouraged stand up and embrace who you are, I…

Dyslexia is petttty

So who am I a 28yr old black female from planet earth who also has dyslexia, according to the bda (British dyslexia association) dyslexia is described as being a learning difficulty that affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. Now isn’t that the truth the amount of times I’ve misspelled…