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Ok that’s actually disgusting, here’s a link to their gofundme

Love. Accept. Repeat.

Briana Gause

Arise and Shine my loves

This day is yours

The universe is doing good things

You are taking steps towards a better you

And a better future

You are making a difference

Everyday

Just watch

We see you

✌🏾🖤

to all the black girls out here breaking generational curses & healing from all the traumas of your past…i see you and i’m proud of you. i love you.

Tattoo done by Miryam Lumpini.

For the white person who wants to know how to be my friend

by Pat Parker

The first thing you do is to forget that i’m Black.

Second, you must never forget that i’m Black.

You should be able to dig Aretha,

but don’t play her every time i come over.

And if you decide to play Beethoven – don’t tell me

his life story. They made us take music appreciation too.

Eat soul food if you like it,

but don’t expect me to locate your restaurants

or cook it for you.

And if some Black person insults you,

mugs you, rapes your sister, rapes you,

rips your house, or is just being an ass –

please, do not apologize to me

for wanting to do them bodily harm.

It makes me wonder if you’re foolish.

And even if you really believe Blacks are better lovers than

whites – don’t tell me. I start thinking of charging stud fees.

In other words – if you really want to be my friend – don’t

make a labor of it. I’m lazy.

Remember. 🤨🤨🖤🖤

For the entire month of April aka Black Women’s Poetry and Prose month. I’m sharing the work of women who have healed my heart, nurtured my mind and fed my spirit with their words. I have to admit that even as a voracious reader it took me a minute to understand and feel the purpose and passion of poetry. Often I found it confusing and underwhelming. I wanted characters, story, plot, but then I dug deeper and read more and more, I learned to treasure it for the art that it is, poetry is a moment in time, it’s a feeling, a mood, it’s deep, it’s playful, it’s memoir and commentary, it’s so many things at once, it’s patois, creole, slang, it’s protest, its prayer, it’s soul, it is NOT a luxury, there are no rules, it’s an excellent vehicle of expressing a singular idea, a method for causing controversy and tectonic shifts, it’s slick talking goodness and Black women reign supreme.

More to come…….

Love and exchange light everywhere you go.

Be bright in places that are dark

Treat others the way you want to be treated

If you want people to love you

You have to love them.

Make the world a better place

Leave your mark by leaving yourself

Your presence

In the hearts and folds of the world and it’s people

Views from the inflatable pool José on vocals Sara on guitar It’s the night of the fourth During the 6th month of the year We got off work Dripping and pouring w/ sweat And ended up in this lovely home Exactly where we should’ve been What a lovely mid summer moment