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Breakthrough Dream
I had a dream last night. I think it meant something. Enter dreamland… I’m driving home from work on a Friday afternoon. There’s been a storm warning which because of the sheer stubbornness in me, I decide to ignore. I drive my way through Southeast D.C without a hiccup. The clouds are gathering; dark clouds that cover […]
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How To Be An African: 27 Do-Nots
Here’s what I tried not to do as a child growing up in Cameroon. Do not – under any circumstance, talk back to your parents. Do not take anything from your parents or older relatives with your left hand. Do not be left-handed. That hand gets slapped every time you attempt to use it. […]
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Reality
Excuses they say, are the reason you can’t get what you desire. Work hard, hustle, fight, find a way, they say. Or your failure is on you. Yet reality laughs in your face. Your lost Irish pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Environment and Nature, opportunity and luck. Birthright, Golden spoons. The […]
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When I First Saw You
You smiled. I watched the dip form in your cheek. I saw the flash of your pearly whites, parted by that God given gap. I felt the twinkle in my eye, the rush of my heart , the tightening in my stomach. I felt my own cheeks fold upward in an uncontrollable expression of what […]
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Seeking You
I seek your Grace Lord, I acknowledge your Power. Behold for his presence surrounds, And I long to feel the Glory of God. That I may fall to my knees in adoration, And lift my voice in praise. That sin may be forgiven, And my slate made anew. For the Messiah died that I may […]
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