So when I stummble off this path, I know my heart will guide me back

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Summer Rain

Rain, Rain
Wash it all away
Take the pain
From where it stems
And never let it come
Back to me again.

Rain, Rain
I pray to you today
As you pour from the sky
I pray that you help me
Water those seeds that were meant to grow
I pray that you may
Bless those that have already sprouted
I pray that for those whom have seen their last Sun
That you may allow them to sink back into the Earth
To refertilize the soil where we grow

Rain, Rain
Only you may know

Rain, Rain
Assist and guide us

Rain, Rain
Thank you for visiting us on this summer day.

Slave Song

I see them gathered, see them on the shore
I turned to look once more
And he who knows me not
Takes me to the belly of darkness
The tears run swift and hard
And when they fall
Even, even the comfort of a stone
Would be a gain

There was a time when I thought
I would have to give up
But I'm thankful that I'm
Strong as I am and I'll
Try to do the best I can
Tears will run swift
And tears will come that fall like rain
I pray that it's swift though
Tears will fall as cold as pain

I pray to the Almighty
Let me not to him do
As he has unto me
Teach my beloved children
Who have been enslaved
To reach for the light continually

So many times I prayed
So many times I've prayed for you
Prayed for you
The tears run swift and hard and cold as pain
Even, even the comfort of a stone would be a gain

Had I not had the strength and wisdom of a warrior
I would have to give up
But I'm thankful that I'm
Strong as I am and I'll
Try to do the best I can
Tears will run swift
And tears will come that fall like rain
I pray that it's swift though
Tears will fall as cold as pain

I pray to the Almighty
Let us not do as he has unto us
Teach my beloved children I've been a slave
But reached for the light continually

Wisdom is the flame
Wisdom is the brave warrior
Who will carry us into the Sun
I pray that it's swift though
Tears will come that fall like rain

So many times, so many times

I don't deserve this
FOCUS


STOP, LET GO.



PRESENCE.

it was just my imagination... running away with me

nostalgic of a past that will never manifest in the future

a hopeful romantic that romanticizes love even in the midst of war

insecure of my own strength but i am learning it is what has made me strong

terca because i love costumbre and long for stability

but dang, bad habits ARE hard to break

and the hard life has become routine

i blame myself because i am a risk-taker and i hate rules as much as followers

i don't know when to give up even if it consumes the best of me

when everyone tells me it won't work, i only try harder

i guess i am a dreamer but why is that so wrong?

when i didn't lose hope in you, you didn't tell me to snap out of it

yes i have a divided mind

my dreams contradict and my reality is not much different

i have yet to accept that sometimes giving up is OK

we all have our own journey and learning processes

i can no longer get broken hearted because a mended heart never forgets

i am a forever kinda girl because fuck it, nothing is forever

yet while everything changes- my commitment, loyalty, and trust remain the same

i only wish i could realize that forever is only momentarily

like the people that come into our lives, we too will one day go

i am where i come from, but where i want to be is up to me

confessions of a red headed colored girl.

Is it really too much to ask for?

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at the edge

of my own little world.

where I will forever be.

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