KB Poetry, Prose & Essays: For Goodness Sake

Sunday, July 22, 2018

For Goodness Sake

BY: KB 7.21.18

Dude

Really?!!!

Your behavior is so tiresome

Play out and old

Devaluing, debasing, demoralizing, demeaning

A sister, a queen

Turning her heart stone cold

You’ve hurt her so deeply

That she never extends herself for anyone to hold

You taught her to deny love

Fearing heartbreak

I pray she forgives and allows herself to be vulnerable

For goodness sake

You’ve locked away her greatest treasure

The beautiful gift of her love

Raising all the stakes

Dude

Really?!!

What makes you think you have the right

To destroy the beauty that God makes?

I pray she forgives and allows herself to be vulnerable

For goodness sake

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Poetry & Essays

I wanted to create a forum for my poetry and short stories.

My poetry is the ultimate free expression of my inner most thoughts. My written word is all me without constraint of social norms and political correctness.

My pen name for writing is Muslim in origin and taken from both male and female Kifah (f) - struggle or fight. I chose this name because, like Miss Sophia in The Color Purple "all my life I had to fight"
Jari (m) I chose this name because it means powerful, brave and it speaks to my nature of being me in a world that constantly tells me that I am not allowed to be.

I am both masculine and feminine and I am a brave warrior who is un-apologetically me!

I am a writer to my marrow; it's part of my DNA, a generational gift. My grandmother wrote the most beautifully detailed journal that we found after her death. My mother is a published author - several nursing and nursing management articles. Now, I too have reached a place of maturation where I feel it's time to share my gift with the world.

This page will contain essays, poetry and short stories that covey the real and raw emotions of love and life through my lens. Who am I? I'm a lot of things to a lot of people so I'll try my best to utilize the various labels: Christian, Counselor, African American (Afro-Irish, Native) female, lesbian, co-parent, sister, aunt, lover, friend, writer, etc....

I wrote many of these pieces for my Senior Year Project for New College in 2006. It's been a long journey since then and I had a previous attempt at posting my work; the task became daunting and I all but stopped writing altogether...now, I'm back with a vengeance. I write new pieces DAILY.

The many facets of my life will ALL show as I continue to write

Poetry & Essays

I wanted to create a forum for my poetry and short stories.

My poetry is the ultimate free expression of my inner most thoughts. My written word is all me without constraint of social norms and political correctness.

I am both masculine and feminine and I am a brave warrior who is un-apologetically me!

The many facets of my life will ALL show as I continue to write