I am Free

‎"The joy of being a poet is that we feel free to speak on what others fear..." -rose

Watch out everyone because the ropes are gone...I'm about to let myself completely free. Living a free life is to inspire others. Live what you believe in. I believe in equality with everybody. Who has the right to judge? Last time I check, God. So, since God is the only that should be judging us, why am I concerned when I'm being judged by someone equal to me. Just because you are older than me doesn't make you bigger and more important than me. Just because you have more education than me doesn't make you smarter than me. I have lived a life at the age of 28 years old that a 60 year old has never experienced. I lived a full life at the age of 24 and started a new life at the age of 24 1/2. I am here to live my life and love my life and share what I know about life to others. I will no longer hold back because there is so much to live for than to be restrained. I am FREE within myself!

Poetry

"There is a difference in being a poet than becoming a poet." -Deirdre Bethea(sister)

I have been inspired in levels that I never thought existed. My sister shared these words with me and helped me look at my art in a whole different level. I need to become a poet. I need to read, walk, talk, love, cook, make love all in a poetic flow. I will become a poet in the process of being a poet. I will become poetry.

I love this poem by:Ntozake Shange

i live in music

i live in music
is this where you live?
i live here in music
i live on c# street
my friend lives on b-flat avenue
do you live here in music
sound
falls round me like rain on other folks
saxophones wet my face
cold as winter in st. louis
hot like peppers i rub on my lips
thinkin they waz lilies
i got 15 trumpets where other women got hips
& a upright bass for both sides of my heart
i walk round in a piano like somebody
else be walkin on the earth
i live in music
live in it
wash in it
i cd even smell it
wear sound on my fingers
sound falls so fulla music
ya cd make a river where yr arm is &
hold yrself
hold yrself in a music

Written by Ntozake Shange