Tag: relationship
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Void
Vacant,Nothing fills the space you left,I carry you in my memories, Even though you’re still very much here,Hollow,Is how I am left after you,Wondering how I got it so wrong,Trying to understand the initial appeal,Empty,With so many whirling thoughts,Spinning, spiraling in my mind,Wondering how to feel, how to think,What to feel and what to think,Yet,…
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Out Of Sync
Broken promises and missed opportunities. We spent our time feeling things and never speaking their truth. Too scared to bring life to them, Instead they began to grow fruit and strength, Knocking us both out of kilter. Orbiting but never in the same atmosphere. Speaking, but never really hearing. Feeling, but never sharing. Bottled up…
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The Importance of Black History Month, From My 6 Year Old
February. The shortest month of the year and yet within the Black community, such a pivotal month; celebrating, embracing and raising awareness of people who made/make an impact on our history. I think we can all accept the importance of Black History Month and Black history in general, but how do we broach the subject…
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I Thought Wrong…
I thought we were it. A love so familiar and comforting.Stable and supporting.I thought you would always be there,With me when we tell our love story to tell our children. I thought you would be my one and only. Endless memories and stories to share. I thought I would always have you. Youth, exuberance and…
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Why I Am No Longer Scared Of Starting Over
Change, they say is inevitable. People change, the seasons change, time is always changing…but why is it so hard to take the leap and make a massive change in our lives? We’re unhappy about things, but we’d much rather complain, but do nothing about it. Then there’s the debilitating fear of the unknown, of having…
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Over and Over
I am essentially choosing to be with someone who doesn’t choose me. Every day decisions are made and I am not it. Where the thought of how I would feel doesn’t register or at least doesn’t change the course of the decision. Every day I am reminded, I am no longer a priority. Ignored and…
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Option
I’ve realized I am an option to you, Something to easily push and pull away, When the wind changes and doesn’t suit, You retreat and put me on mute Someone to tease and play around with, as a temporary high, You keep me sweet, in order to have an option on a lonely night, With…
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Why I Am No Longer Ashamed of Being A Divorcee
I realise upon writing this blog post, that the title might come as a shock to some of my close friends and some family members- that’s mainly because it’s been one of the biggest secrets I have held on to in my life. I wish I could say it wasn’t a highly kept secret or…
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How Do We Remain Connected in a Long term Relationship?
Real talk, is your current relationship the way it was when you first met? How many of you had to think about that answer? I’m not talking the way they’ve or you’ve changed physically, I mean the way you treat and are with each other. What makes it change and what do we need to…
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