Epiphany

I was seduced by the star on stage
The popular one
The one I was the least like
The one who has such a GREAT life
I was blind and naive
Thought that I needed to belong
I had to be in the CIRCLE
Until.....
I found the circle is too small
There's no room for me
Not the real ME
Only what I want them to see
But I no longer feel FREE
So what GOOD is this CIRCLE
If I can't be ME
I listen to the rhetoric
I give support
I've got their back
But this is not reciprocated
I feel so FRUSTRATED
Friendship built on conditions
But I'm doing ALL the giving
It's suddenly ALL clear
I have no need to be here
In this so called CIRCLE
Designed by the star on stage
But that's okay
Because I too am a star
No longer your understudy
A lesson well learned
My Star status I too have earned
But not because you validated me
It's because I finally see
Everything I thought I couldn't be
Has ALWAYS been inside of ME

Diva Blue

Goldenrod introduced me to you
My Peacock Sista
Mz. Diva Blue
I knew I would know you
I feel like I owe you
Writing is now a new passion for me
It started with "Silence" sweet tranquility
and "Utopia" and "Lovestruck" to name a few
I feel like a poet and I wanna thank you
For sharing "Blush" and your grandmothers words, "Write it all down.
You'll never know who'll read it or need it."
Those words are so true, they helped me to feel free
Free to unleash the poet in me
Getting in touch with my emotions
and feeling your spirit across the ocean
This has been a long time coming
So when I say welcome home, it rings true
I feel I've a genuine friend in you
I love you my Peacock Sista
Mz. Diva Blue

Dawny B

ME!!!

I used to think I was the lucky one
One of those girls never validated by the patriarchs in her life until....
HE came along
So different from what I'm used to
My knight in shinning armor
ME! ME!PICK ME!!!
THAN I'll be happy
RIGHT! RIGHT! right?
WRONG
WRONG
SO WRONG
Had to learn the hard way
Happiness comes from WITHIN
STILL learning that
Heard it before
But what can I say I'm a slow learner
SO TODAY
I LOOK INSIDE ME
FOR TREASURES
UNIQUE TO ME
FOR ME
CELEBRATING ME
SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN/WILL/ALWAYS
COMFORT
HEAL
and CELEBRATE
ME!!!