I Am Chosen - Even in a Quiet Storm
Quiet Storms of a soft soul
Lurking in the distance
You look but you don't see,
You see but you don't notice
You notice but you don't acknowledge,
You acknowledge but you don't feel,
You feel but you don't say it,
Saying it is everything
Even in a quiet storm...
But even in the quiet storm
I am possessed with personality
To be Chosen
In the meantime and between time
I am sequestered in my solitude
Allowing parts of the world to pass me by,
Making a choice to heal dreaming the dream
of being comforted in the night, In and out of my thoughts
Riding in the wind of possibilities, Wanting the rainbows to find me,
Adjusting my eyes as I press on to see the prize, Afraid to lift the padlock
Shielding it with all of my beings, But finally knowing it's time to do What I was chosen for...
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SOUL OF A SURVIVOR
Never ending seams horrible, a slave to the trade
Sad and challenging seems horrible but beautiful in its’ own right
Raging battlefield,
The opponent seems to never surrender
Fighting a war, risking not coming out alive
Maybe ending it in wars personal archive
Strained and harsh, asphyxiating air mixed through the clouds
Like dry ice stuck to my skin
Burning fire, no idea how to put it to rest
My personal turmoil, pressure cooking, caving all around me
Facing my fears knowing my God has listening ears
Devil sent up in a new disguise
Disregarding he was embarking on a child of God.
The beginning of my healing, as I feel his presence
My broken pieces mending
Fighting this battle but not beyond endurance
Less tears flowing, no longer at a stand still
Wisdom gained as my creativity evolved
My vision clearer, no more weeping in sorrow
My healing heart on bended knees
Dim light as I strained to see through the fog
Voice faint from echoes of my own voice
Maintaining my sanity, stopping to just listen
To the noiseless air
Amazing it is, still in time, silent but not
Writing, my air, my outlet, my tranquil time
My thoughts running ramped at maximum speed
The message is everything
Nothing left unsaid, filling every breach
Balancing my strength
Totaling my sum to everlasting faith….
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A Letter to My Breast
Hi, you two,
I was just thinking of you as I often do.
We've been through a ton in the last 5 years.
I used to miss the part of you that is gone, but it had to be done.
To save me, to save the rest of you that I admire daily.
I used to really like you but as I evolve through our journey
I've come to love and admire your strength.
Chemo shooting through our veins,
targeting the bad cells but taking some of the good.
The harsh radiation against our burning, peeling skin.
Knives carving away your glamour
but unknowingly creating a work of art.
All to give us more life together.
No more fretting over the big C, He has set us free.
We've adjusted well to our new existence though in the beginning,
we thought we would never admire one another as I resisted.
Allowing my mind to be taunted,
no longer wanting to Strut and flaunt it.
My spirit moved in confusion,
believing there was no longer a woman of quality I was delusional.
But you knew there was cause to stand for something and purpose to live for everything!
Poetic Mind Vibes
Inspiring one word at a time.
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I Made It
Strong but weak
From my younger days of seeing abuse
Through young adulthood
Of being abused
Striving to live a peaceful life
Of raising kids and in and out of relationships
Searching for love, finding it but never wholeheartedly
Living and loving, loving and living
Giving and giving never truly receiving
Beyond abuse,
I'm happy, beyond disrespect I'm sad, but I'm happy
Beyond betrayal, I'm happy
Beyond heart dysfunctional, I'm happy
Beyond CANCER, I'm happy
A lot of hard days but I made it.
Never without you
Standing on His promise
Never taking my life for granted
I made it!
Poetically,
Patrice Watley Williams,
Founder: wearitgirlwigs.org
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Patrice Watley Williams/Poetic Lyricist
