Beauty. Tricia Akello By Gareth Van Nelson.

J’s Milagro, Jean-Michel Basquiat

Medium: acrylic,crayon,wood,metal

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I miss me

It’s been a long job.

I’m getting calls because my friends and family have forgotten that a few weeks ago I told them how busy and broke I’d be.

And even though they understood my missing presence, I must be leaving a larger hole than expected.

While I’ve been off learning,

I’ve also been missing me.

My routines have been broken and forgotten

My learned habits have become memories

And my forgotten habits feel like new toys in a goodwill window

Reminding me how nice they were and yet I have to remind myself why I gave them up in the first place.

The job is almost over and I’ll be emerging a new person.

Worn and in need of rest

In need of an uplift

A cry

And then another blast of energy to keep me going.

I miss me

But I’m never the same

Day after day

I keep growing

And I need to learn how to take care of me

Day after day

Learn my needs for each day and work with them

Care for them

I need to learn to hear myself more then anyone else

Wow! John Legend just became the youngest person ever and the first Black man to earn the coveted EGOT — meaning he has earned an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, & Tony Award. He’s a brilliant artist and a truly kind human being. Incredibly proud.

Universe

Super similar.

It’s interesting to see, how I see me

And how someone else sees me

I don’t think these two point of views have ever been so close

Imaan Hammam by Giampaolo Sgura for The Sunday Times Style - Dec 2018

Love is another form of addication

The first time you get high its the wildest thing in the world

You’ve never experienced anything like it

Then you keep up with it because it was so much fun.

But you will never have the same experience from that first high.

You will constantly chase that first high and it will never come

You fall in love and everything is wonderful

But then something goes wrong and you don’t want to be here anymore

You don’t want to do this

This relationship isn’t for you

But you remember all the good times and you think you can recreate them

Give it another spark

You had so much fun together, you could totally have more!

But it’s not the same

Your not as in love as you were

You’ve seen too much

You’ve heard too much

You’ve felt way more then you wanted to.

These days together aren’t like the ones in the beginning

Those memories keep you going longer then they should.

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Me when I finally step foot on the motherland