Newness

Do you want to be a comfortable caterpillar, or a better butterfly

Do you confess to grow

Or stay silent and still

Do you push

Do you pull

Or wade and tread

Do you want to to feel good in freedom

Or immobile behind a vacant smile

Make the choice

In the end it will always be better

Better isn’t always what you want

But it’s what you’ll get

Accept.

Love. Accept. Repeat.

“Souls are funny things. They stay constant even when the outside changes, or when the heart makes mistakes. Souls don’t really care about good or bad, right or wrong — they’re just true.”

— Miranda July

Not a single ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance

Quincy Jones

Do you feel me?

Do you see me?

I know you see me

But can you feel me?

What do you see?

What do you feel?

Does it match what I see?

What I feel?

Can you see what I feel?

Do I exude?

Do I absorb?

Do I reflect?

what if ..

Can you feel me?

Brown, A’rikka Dion

Sometimes I stare into the mirror trying to see if I can see my soul . Sometime I see something scary. Sometimes I see me . Sometimes I just notice my eyes, and the shadows of the eyelashes.i notice my nose and all the pores that are open and the ones that are clogged. I notice a lot about me , but I don’t always see me. Sometimes I don’t trust mirrors.sometimes I think they’re lying to me. Sometimes I want them to tell me the truth. I want them to show me me. But it’s hard to see what I see and accept what I see. Because what am I really looking at? I was looking for me but did I see me ? Or did I see my eyes. Or did I see my soul? What am I ? Who am ? What do I see? What does everyone else see?

“Modern Degenerate”

A Collaboration with Cass Meehan & Rose Slavin

Black

Native

Queer

Woman

Non-binary

Artist

Activist

Humans

Breathing

Living

Humans

Who’s voices will never be silenced

Who’s art will not be controlled

Who’s feelings will never be censored

Who’s creativity will roam and explore

Live and breathe

On its own

In this world

The modern degenerate

The outcast

The dream

✌🏾🖤

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