Everynight I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream... |
Okay that line comes from the very beautiful song "Dance with my father" by the late great Luther Vandross. That line just speaks to me because of the tone of his voice; the softness and that desire j...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Fri, 16 May 2008 05:13:00 PST |
100 ---05/12/2008 |
It feels good to relax
To be able to just be myself with you
No faking
No fronts
No scripts
No rehearsals
No glaze
No sugar-coat
No fallacy
No illusions
No photo-shop
No editing
No enhancing
No augme...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:09:00 PST |
RELATIONSHIPS |
Relationships. We love them and we hate them. They bring us joy, they bring us pain but I have just learned a very valuable lesson ladies and gentlemen that I finally can express in words. I, like mos...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Thu, 08 May 2008 02:09:00 PST |
The State of the Black Community |
I was watching the Tyra Banks show lastnight on Oxygen (channel) and the topic was about division in the African American community. Just a few weeks ago me and my cousin were talking about stereotype...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Fri, 02 May 2008 05:58:00 PST |
Acceptance (gettin it off my chest) |
I talk about it all the time; acceptance. Accept you for who you are, believe in yourself, work on the things you have control over and accept the things you can't. All that is real talk but today whe...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:10:00 PST |
The Art of Pain (April showers) |
How do I express this pain?
I tried to blot it but it stained me
Dye it but it returned to gray
Scrubbed and hoped it'd wash away
How do I express this pain?
My eraser couldn't get rid ...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:59:00 PST |
Justice? this is for SEAN BELL |
dollars for the hush, hush
price on the black life
blood down the sidewalk
threatened if we try and fight
mind your own, don't testify
protect those with skin like I
no one cares if we cry
no one care...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:41:00 PST |
4 years ago.. (R.I.P to those who have passed on) |
4 years ago we were all there. Laughing, joking, planning our fututres and for some just trying to get the heck out of high school. Wilde Lake High School; the most diverse and newsworthy of all surro...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:58:00 PST |
HAPPINESS |
Where does your happiness lie? I’m just curious because it appears to me that a lot of people rely on objects and other people in order to be happy. Now I aint gonna lie a fresh press and curl, ...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:19:00 PST |
Life (follow your heart!) |
Life is exciting because it is simply the unpredictable. If we knew everything there would be no challenge, no drive, no hopes, and no dreams. The world is full of so many places and faces who knows w...
Posted by Love, Winnie. on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:36:00 PST |
