Beauty
There is nothing you can do to your exterior to improve on the beauty that God blessed you with. The sooner we accept it, the sooner we can quit trying to hide behind our masks, costumes, and figs. Now is the time to start letting the world see us as we are; as God intended us to be. Beautiful and unashamed. The source of true beauty comes from the soul.
I Understand You Now
The first time
I was too young to understand
The second
I was too bitter to appreciate your beauty
The third
I had built a wall to protect my heart from you
By the fourth
I was convinced you were a thief
Taking things that didn’t belong to you
Selfishly stealing joy from happy people
For no apparent reason
You were
A heartless bastard
Over time
I became numb to your appearances
Unmoved when you reached your hands
From your world into mine
Unafraid of your power
I shifted my focus
From worry and despair
To the resolute action of preparation
I, would not be an easy catch
Bring it Muthafucka
I’m here!!!!
Your visits became more frequent
Each touch
Closer to my heart than the last
Each random invasion into my world
Left me
More emotionally drained than the previous one
Until finally
I became cold
And indifferent to your cries for attention
Matter of fact
To the results of your actions
It is what it is
I would not cry a single tear for you anymore
I believed in my heart
Your actions
Were nothing more than a personal vendetta
To break me down
To beat me until I quit
Until I
Became submissive to your will
You were jealous of my spirit
Why else would you keep
Taking my loved ones from me?
My grandmother,
Lying in excruciating pain
In a hospital bed
Surrounded by praying family
Fighting against
The final stages of a pancreatic cancer
That we all hoped she would overcome,
In her eyes
You could see
She had already been overcome
“I’m ready to go home” she said
“I’m tired”
It was the first time
I saw you clearly
Death,
I think I understand you now
You come in Peace
I thank you
For granting peace to the people I love
Through your actions
You have given the ones who stayed behind
A greater appreciation of life’s beauty
You have brought us closer to one another
Because of you
We no longer take life for granted
We no longer assume we have forever
To achieve our goals
We no longer believe
We have tomorrow to make things right
Death,
By constantly reminding us
Of our mortality
Of our frailty
You have freed us from our arrogance
You have forced us
To understand the meaning of “Before It’s Too Late”
and how important it is to Love
Right now
Thank you
Avatar King, The Last Love Bender
If I were the Avatar,
I would be a LOVE bender
Flooding your negativity
In a river of my love
Breaking down the base of
Your hate with my smile
Bending your soul
With compassion
Until I had
Completely eradicated your hate
and returned you back to your roots
Where we existed
Naked
In the garden
In his likeness
In love
With each other
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