New Stories
Image Credit: Arahia Andrews
New Stories
Heavy heart, in a sunken chest
Unconscious wires of unworthiness
Swimming, in pools of doubt
Planted in an infant mind
Through generational occurrences
A life of a second-class citizen;
Unknown until this day,
These heavy weights of historical pain
Certainly, and evidently taking its toll,
In the midst of suffering and sorrow,
Perpetuated generational injustices!
Visible through subsequent dysfunction and turmoil,
My heart aches a heaviness in my chest,
Shuddering shoulders fold inward in vulnerability
Crouched back, bent forward into my cocoon,
Quivering jaw rests on rough knees,
Shallow breaths are provoked,
Warm cheeks wet; from rain seeping through the broken windows
As I sob unapologetically!
Depths of built up pain churn,
Dull aches evolve into knots,
Of unworthiness, doubt, hopelessness
Slowly unveiling deep seated beliefs,
Once hidden in a veil of unconsciousness
And disbelief,
To enable a journey of finding, of discovery, of release,
A journey to beginning a new generational cycle;
New stories,
Of love, of hope, of worthiness!
-Aa
