courage is taking the mask off♥ we all on the same path of evolution.. In LaKech (Mayan) “I am Another You” ♥ria.takharu. ———————————————————————— Seductress (Oshun), theRed Queen (Maat), the Real Me is Standing, Naked!! (So Who the F@#$ Are You?) irony would have us in the same place; the same path of evolution; shoulder to … Continue reading
dancing to unite the mind and body to spirit the slow burn, muscles flexed, arms reaching the sky, lungs gasping air, i smile in slow burn chest to the floor, knees to breast running after breaks to get back in the line smiling through the pain where pleasure remains. before i could sing i danced, … Continue reading
I AM THE REVOLUTION, she told her mother Over cornbread and fried chicken organic greens and spirulina Pine trees and honeybees shining love in the midst. I am She. I was afraid to look in your eyes that you’d find something I wasn’t ready to share. Funny i dont have songs overflowing in this awkward … Continue reading
But there are blades that cut across the minds of her children ripped from the womb who know not their name. “We have been genetically modified”, she whispers seeking to spread her wings upon the dawn. Folding and unfolding rays of violet in the dance. “She said a flower once grew in the middle of … Continue reading
even thoughts buried deep in dark places earthen pots casting shadows below the ocean surface; release the anguish worn and tattered in the recess of memories weeping angel oak. i am awakening at the dawn to time beyond the hanged -man hour; stringing together a crafter’s wheel of time upon my waist: I carry all … Continue reading
hip hop is NOT dead… To ‘free’ hip hop is to free Ourselves; control our art, language, voice, vision and destiny. The legacy of resistance and freedom is not won. Moreover, argues Potter, hip-hop is a resistance which has had “more crucial consequences than all the books on postmodernism…(Brent Wood – Review Essay: Resistance in … Continue reading
From the corner of my eye, I see Phoenix’s white paws hit the floor and disappear under the wooden table. Within that second, I’m transported back to my morning dream. Dreams have always been my sacred messenger. A stage where the mystical takes on a limitless form of divine or profane communication. This dream was … Continue reading
i been looking at the Blues. the music and her people. a forced undemocratic palette of malnutritive feces was jim crow, the reconstruction, the great migration… Been taking a trip down our memory lane. stepping out of my own ‘insignificant’ reality into my ancestor’s mirror. i thought i had the blues, “hhmph”, .shaking her head, … Continue reading
TO ALL THE WARRIOR WOMEN BEFORE ME! I THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE WAY FOR US ALL! MY AUNT TIYE ESPECIALLY…KISSES HUGS & KISSES, DARIA —————————————————————————————————– POEM::(UNTITLED) Just studying <Flash> and in a flash for the fist time, I’m reading Shankar’s work and I’m speechless.. (thanks for nudging me awake) Sift through emails to find … Continue reading
Happy New Year! I am sooo happy waking up today the energy feels great, new possibilities that always exist first in the mind! 2008 was the most challenging year of my life that began and ended in the mind. It was an emotional year, one that caused me to look deeply in myself; to be … Continue reading
