May 2024

They say poetry is the window to the soul, or is it the eyes? After thirty more days of exposing that plus my heart, the emotions that have been buried deep, and the memories, I can confidently say — I'm a very passionate person! Go figure. Nonchalance is a fun a little defense mechanism, and truly sometimes I'm wholly unbothered, but not all the time. Writing it is one thing but reciting it and posting it online for consumption is different this time around. I had a lot more fun! I delved a lot deeper too, maybe too close for comfort which is good because I've been breaking out of my comfort zone. Scary stuff! And worthwhile.

Though writing the poems back to back did begin to feel like work, creating can be quite exhausting as it turns out, I'm grateful I stuck through it. This year's poetry month showed me that when I write, usually, it's to a melody. Seems I'm more of a songwriting, rap, spoken word woman than I ever envisioned, which is exciting because that opens new avenues in my life. There's always more to explore. You can read all thirty poems here, or watch them on Tik Tok.

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