DESCRIPTION
Submitted for Dominique Morriseau's "50in50" series, with support from the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, this piece is about how I feel living in a Black body. [235 words]
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
I am an artist living in NYC...most of my writing is for performance/spoken word, so keep that in mind as you read my work. [April 2009]
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (33) Caged Fences (Poetry) How I feel sometimes... [161 words] Chocolate Fantasy (Poetry) Female response to Midnight Satin... [173 words] [Romance] Congratulation Night (Poetry) My feelings on the day after President Obama's historical election... [111 words] Creating Love To Make Love (Poetry) - [276 words] [Romance] Games 1 (Poetry) Back & Forth Dialogue between He and She [78 words] Games 2 (Poetry) Dialogue between another He & She! [66 words] Games 3 (Poetry) A bit more dialogue between "He" and "She." It's quite telling... [62 words] Happy Holidays (Poetry) I was feeling a bit sad over the holidays last year, then I saw the news...made me feel worse. [95 words] Help--Emergency (Poetry) A mix of The Beatles & A Different World, but still unique... [234 words] Hysterical Madness (Poetry) It is crazy what happens when you walk through these streets... [602 words] [Drama] Imani (Poetry) Just a quick little poem about faith. [68 words] [Spiritual] Midnight Satin (Poetry) I wrote this poem from a man's point of view. I was daydreaming about a story idea and this popped right into my head. [372 words] [Romance] Missing You...To Chris (Poetry) A poem about my first love and how I lost him...had to rewrite this one several times. [299 words] [Drama] Mood Swings (Poetry) - [77 words] No She Didn't (Poetry) Well, the piece speaks for itself... [180 words] Observations (Poetry) - [273 words] Passing Life (Poetry) Just a little something I wrote last year when I was feeling a bit sad... [164 words] Planned Lifehood (Poetry) Oh, if we could only choose the life we want to lead... [231 words] Rain On Me (Poetry) - [150 words] Rant 1 (Poetry) Just some poetic ranting... [427 words] Smack-U 1 (Poetry) Haiku...but, with flava... [19 words] Smack-U 2 (Poetry) Another one... [20 words] Smack-U 3 (Poetry) Well, one more [24 words] Smack-U 4 (Poetry) Last one...I think! [24 words] Soul Mate...Let Me Be Your Man (Poetry) Response to Chocolate Fantasy... (must read Midnight Satin and Chocolate Fantasy prior to reading Soul Mate...) [528 words] [Romance] Taking Time (Poetry) - [367 words] [Erotic] That Word (Uncut) (Poetry) This is why you should never meet an Angry Black Woman...please, do not get offended. This is what runs through my mind for 3 seconds after I hear that word... [464 words] The Other Day (Poetry) Well, I was taking a stroll the other day... [169 words] Violated (Poetry) - [217 words] Walking Across The Triborough Bridge (Poetry) I do this sometimes when I need to think, or when I need peace of mind... [232 words] Watch Ur Back (Poetry) A little something I made up on the quick... [45 words] With Those Eyes (Poetry) I hate being followed and watched by people who judge me solely based on the color of my skin...this is my story! [91 words] You Feelin' Me (Poetry) - [170 words]
Reconciling My Spirit Jina Kaye
I am a woman.
I know I am a woman--
from my shape to the workable parts
to the history of women that runs
through my veins--
I AM A WOMAN.
But for some, I am just a body--
-A body that can be used to violate
-A body that is used to satisfy others
-A body that is used for protection, even
to those who abuse me
-A body that is seen as competition in
order to excuse insecurities
-A body some never want
-A body some will always pursue
-A body that is meant to give, and give,
and give -- but never to receive or relax
I can no longer just be a body.
I am some body.
I am my body -- and soul -- and spirit.
For today and every day,
I reclaim my humanity.
I am a woman.
I am a body.
I am valuable.
I am worthy.
I am not the body to violate.
I am not the body to be used.
I am not the body to take abuse.
I am not the body to scapegoat on failures.
I am not the body that is never wanted.
I am not the body to covet.
I am not the body that drags on wearily
because I don't take care of myself.
NO!
I am reconciling my spirit.
I am proclaiming to be my own person,
living within this body, and EVERYTHING
that goes with it.
I am going to live my best life...
One day at a time.
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