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Poetry Book
Students like me were my inspiration
This is dedicated to them.
Additional poems to print out and add in
2-1-23 5:05pm
Honorable lyric mentions that helped me
“El corazón no tiene cara” - Prince Royce
“We’ve all been there some days” - Doja Cat
“Nobody’s perfect” - Hannah Montana
“What you gon’ do when we put on that pressure” - Shoreline Mafia
“This a Rollie not a stopwatch sh** don’t ever stop” - Drake
“Not easily offended, not hard to let it go, from a mess to the masses” - Phoenix
“Just a minute fella right before you go out there, all your voices said you wouldn’t last a minute bare, one more hour and you’ll know your life is one to share” - Tame Impala
“They got me thinking I ain’t human” - kid cudi
“I’m gonna love on me, nobody can judge me but me” - Beyoncé “You’re strong girl, you’ll move on” - The Simps “This is what the world is for, making electricity” - MGMT “I won’t let go of you” - Disclosure
“Estoy en mi peak” - Bad Bunny
“Topping the charts, ace in my cards… living my dreams, do me, I’ma do me”- Yung Lean
“Sit down, be humble” - Kendrick Lamar
“Ya lo sé” - Jenni Rivera
“She’s a woman on fire” - MAREUX
2-7-23 1:27pm
It just takes one person to believe in you
Adhere to that
Learn to accept what you want & reject to unnecessarily things or thoughts
Adhere to that
Be compassionate with yourself
Adhere to that
Challenge the notion
Adhere to that
Reconsider coming in with a bulldozer
Adhere to that
You are a shiny pearl with a magical tool belt
Adhere to that
You can only take on so much at once
Adhere to that
2-10-23 11:23pm
Listen to the world around around you
Observe every minute
Find your way to the understanding
Is there meaning behind this number
Can you truly help those around you
Or must we understand ourselves first to be coherent to others and then provide our
assistance
Be real and truthful while committing acts of bravery Listen to your heart but nurture it’s knowledge Life shouldn’t be this hard
Coherent definition: (adj) logically consistent
As I began writing the first poem, the first page, I wanted to encapsulate what it meant to struggle and be real about the challenges we face. My favorite line is how we are slaves in society and democracy. Although I am not a political science major, I am interested in social justice and change created by acts of awareness. The middle poems were what I felt during moments of solitude, neglect, hurt, transformation, healing, and peace. I thought the best way to convey my message to the Transfer community was by a set of poems, hopefully, one can relate to (preferably by opening up the poem book with your eyes closed and scanning the pages with your hands to experience your - possible - intuition of what calls to you).
I hope that the reader sees me and calls into question the words on the page. I hope it is thought-evoking and subjective to the reader. Helplessness is something I have experienced in many situations mainly as a person with a physical disability and various other intersectionalities, but I know only I can put limits on myself and it is up to me to break my own barriers and be brave enough to do so. Looking placid in the midst of chaos.
