Tag: honesty

• I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Pt 2: Vulnerability

  

  I was always shown the stoic, resilient, strong female, they are celebrated in our family (as they most definitely should be), but sometimes I wish I knew about their worries. Their fears, feelings of inadequacies, their challenges. Being pregnant with 16 children and birthing 11 healthy gives you some type of superhuman strength, but maybe…

  Rekeisha

  August 16, 2021

  I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me

  blackblogger, blog, bloggers, courage, honestwriting, honesty, lifeblog, lifestyle, lifestyleblog, living your best life, mentalmusings, personal, poem, poems thoughts, poet, poetry, vulnerability, writing

• Me For Me

  I am in the process of working on me,For me,Loving myself,For me,Accepting my flaws and working on growing into myself,For me,Becoming the best person I can be,For me,I am no longer living my life for someone else,I am no longer dulling my shine in order to make someone else comfortable,It is all for me,Trying to…

  Rekeisha

  July 23, 2021

  Poems

  blackblogger, blackbloggers, blackvoices, blackwriter, blog, bloggers, canadianblogger, canadianwriter, honestwriting, honesty, lifestyle, mentalmusings, newwriting, poem, poems thoughts, poetry, writing

• When Your Brain Runs Away From You

  I know I’m not alone in saying this, but 14 months and counting of this pandemic has really, really, REALLY pushed my normally strong, optimistic mental health to the absolute edge! E-D-G-E! Knowing it’s understandable or that many people can relate hasn’t really made me feel all that great about. Reading countless blogs, articles and…

  Rekeisha

  May 17, 2021

  Personal Experiences

  blackblogger, blackbloggers, blacker healing, blackhealing, blackstories, blackwriter, blogerlove, deeplove, healing, healingwounds, honesty, journeytoyourself, lovemyself, mentalhealth, mentalmusings, self-confidence, selfcare, selfdoubt, selfhealing, selflove, selfreflection

• Proud

  I didn’t want to tell you I was struggling,I didn’t want to show you that ultimately I failed.I project this strong, confident capable person,Able and sure of themselves,Yet, I am really withdrawn, retiring and somewhat reserved,Too proud to ask for help because I will appear a failure,Ashamed of the picture of strength I display, yet…

  Rekeisha

  January 24, 2020

  Poems

  honesty, mentalmusings, musings, poem, poems thoughts, poetry, selfdoubt, selfreflection, sharedthoughts, thoughts

• Mental Ill Health, I hate you…

  I am aware I should be upbeat and positive, Radiating hope and prospect, But, the fact of the matter is, I simply cannot, I can’t. Mental ill health, I hate you, I hate you for the stress you have added to my otherwise tranquil life, I hate you for the fact that I have to…

  Rekeisha

  August 30, 2019

  Poems

  healthy, honesty, mentalhealth, mentalillness, poem, poems thoughts, poet, poetry, ponder

• I’m Not Okay

  How are you?, you ask “Okay”. I reply with a smile. All the while, I shout internally I’m not ok! You accept this answer and carry on by A stitch in my heart rips further apart As you walk away convinced by my reply A small tear runs down my face as yet another part…

  Rekeisha

  May 17, 2019

  Poems

  blogger, bloggers, emotional, honesty, loneliness, mentalhealth, montreal blogger, openess, poem, poetry, sisterblog