So this is a poem I just wrote yesterday while I was in class...don't judge me...lol and decided to share (I do copyright my work so save yourself the trouble...lol :D ) I normally do not share because I am an artist and I am sensitive about my ish...lol Well here it is hope you enjoy.
In Her Shadow
I know this girl, I am the shadow of her.
I live in that back, do all the work and get no slack, as it were.
I am darker than her, always a step behind.
She doesn't even see she's steppin on me
Her blues just ain't like mine
We dated the same man once but he prefers her over me.
See she is much more fair, and her hair is long and wavy.
She toyed with his emotions and she put him on a shelf.
She made him pay for her misgivings because she barely knows herself.
I attended to his health
Built him an empire of wealth and he'd give it all to her
But if I ask for anything more, I'd be shown the door like I'm a gold digger.
While I love him with everything I got he hangs her over me to show me what I'm not
Capable, but brown all the same
Invisible to him. Does he see me does he even know my name?
I seek to heal his wound and love him to his soul
Instead he seeks her every measure waiting for HER joy to unfold.
She is beauty with no substance, her intentions are not for his care.
She loves him less than me yet he is unaware.
Because I am brown, I must be everything that she is not
Resourceful, charming, witty , Such a pity!
He deems her pretty, so she can get buy with less than half of what I got!
I am brown and she is light, so he holds her as a prize.
But when she's away he wants to stay and it renders me no surprise
In the dark of the day he wants to play between the rise of the brown girls thighs.
In her sight he See's me as average but I must contest!
Your mother was the same shade of brown as me
So i say contrarily, is she second best?
But brown girls we appear invisible at times in the shade of the light!
have you ever felt this way, being this girls shadow has no reason or rhyme.
She is black and so am I but I swear her blues just ain't like mine!
Patrice XOXOXOX
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Are you going along to get along?
This morning I couldn't sleep. While channel surfing I came along Jentezen Franklin (please check him out at http://www.jentezenfranklin.org/ I think he is pretty awesome) a preacher from Gainsville GA. In his message he was talking about the power of fasting and how you can really get clear and concise direction from God when you fast.
They say the Lord works in mysterious ways. You have no idea how true this is! I have always been a very visual person so God uses this to minister to me. Jentezen Franklin, was ministering about fasting, from the same place that Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights which was the Judean desert. He pointed out the unbarable heat of the day without shade or covering. He painted the picture of how many could wander almost endlessly with any direction. He spoke to the cold nights of the desert and how Jesus was alone with no one to light a fire for him.
I immediately saw the bigger picture! We as believers are supposed to be the salt of the earth! However I wonder how many of us are in a spiritual desert wandering aimlessly with no direction, no covering, alone and cold b/c we have lost our fire? Are you in this place getting beat down by the elements of this life? Now trust me, this is not a judgemental overly spiritual or preachy thing but it is true. Even the most sanctified and or positive person can grow weary in well doing!
Are you going along to get along? Or are you standing out? I once heard a preacher say at a conference to remember that we as believers are the salt of the earth. As you know salt is very strong and has a pungent taste. Wherever salt has been you know it was there b/c it changes the atmosphere. It melts ice, makes the nasty food bearable, and helps bring slow moving water come to a boil. Simply put it changes things!
Are you in the word moving and shaking? Are you as salt melting cold hearts, making the nastiness of the world bareable and lighting the fire to make slow moving progress come to a boiling point? Do you desire more of what God has for you? I do!
I say all this to say, that sometimes in life you get overwhelmed. It seems at times it is so much easier to go with the grain just to keep your head above water. God sees you and he cares! I believe that sometimes we are in the wilderness b/c God wants to make sure that our Moral compass works correctly. When it hits the fan what or who will you turn to? If you have lost your way or can't seem to find the answer to burning questions that you have, navigate your way back to Jesus. He is always there in the same spot he never left, but he is always doing a new thing. He seeks to bless you but he is simply waiting for your prayer, for your fast and for your worship. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him :)
They say the Lord works in mysterious ways. You have no idea how true this is! I have always been a very visual person so God uses this to minister to me. Jentezen Franklin, was ministering about fasting, from the same place that Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights which was the Judean desert. He pointed out the unbarable heat of the day without shade or covering. He painted the picture of how many could wander almost endlessly with any direction. He spoke to the cold nights of the desert and how Jesus was alone with no one to light a fire for him.
I immediately saw the bigger picture! We as believers are supposed to be the salt of the earth! However I wonder how many of us are in a spiritual desert wandering aimlessly with no direction, no covering, alone and cold b/c we have lost our fire? Are you in this place getting beat down by the elements of this life? Now trust me, this is not a judgemental overly spiritual or preachy thing but it is true. Even the most sanctified and or positive person can grow weary in well doing!
Are you going along to get along? Or are you standing out? I once heard a preacher say at a conference to remember that we as believers are the salt of the earth. As you know salt is very strong and has a pungent taste. Wherever salt has been you know it was there b/c it changes the atmosphere. It melts ice, makes the nasty food bearable, and helps bring slow moving water come to a boil. Simply put it changes things!
Are you in the word moving and shaking? Are you as salt melting cold hearts, making the nastiness of the world bareable and lighting the fire to make slow moving progress come to a boiling point? Do you desire more of what God has for you? I do!
I say all this to say, that sometimes in life you get overwhelmed. It seems at times it is so much easier to go with the grain just to keep your head above water. God sees you and he cares! I believe that sometimes we are in the wilderness b/c God wants to make sure that our Moral compass works correctly. When it hits the fan what or who will you turn to? If you have lost your way or can't seem to find the answer to burning questions that you have, navigate your way back to Jesus. He is always there in the same spot he never left, but he is always doing a new thing. He seeks to bless you but he is simply waiting for your prayer, for your fast and for your worship. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him :)
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