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For you writers out there. Check out @em-dash-press with this lovley post. This may resonate with you in some way or another. It did with me, and I thought I'd share the energy. It even inspired me to make a post later sharing my experience on this exact topic. Plus, if I share someone's work, I will always tag'm and give voice. Read, enjoy, and let's not be so hard on ourselves writers and writerettes 😁. Thanks Em.

I am going to take a deep breath and just remind you:

Writing is messy, even for the best authors. It's supposed to feel a little uncomfortable, exhilarating, freeing, natural, and terrifying.

It's supposed to inspire you and feel like a too-heavy backpack.

Sometimes, you're going to love being a writer and sometimes, you'll feel so disconnected, you'll wonder if you were ever a writer to begin with.

Give yourself room to make mistakes and hate your work and return to it with renewed confidence that yes, you will get 1% better next time.

It's what we're all going through. Let's speed up the growing process a little by accepting the entirety of it.

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Finally, A Cold One

popped the cap off

sipped on this winter lager

such satisfaction

Braddock Green 6:07pm 12/2/23

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IN and Out We come and go like the wind I’m saying this now but later I’ll write this again Nikea, I was just mad when I went silent Saying things that were not true after countless Times I’ve explained to you So out of my soul I had to get rid of you so that Door can close and new can come in But some days I’m staring at my phone wondering If you’re wondering Braddock Green 5:43pm 12/2/23

Hey everyone. If you copy and past this please show respect and give credit to me or any other poet/writer who shares their beautiful work with you and the world.

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F**k Instagram

Not too long ago they quietly deleted my account. I made a comment about a Palestinian toddler crying because he left to get a basketball for his toddler friend. When he came back Israeli soldiers shot and killed the kid.

I have a toddler. That boy favored my son so it hit home. I didn't get irate, deep and political. I simply commented on my pain for the child and how this could be me. 30 minutes later my saved posts, followers, following, friends list, my one post, and more were gone.

I did some digging. Didn't take long for me to find that Mark Zuck (I swear that man looks sick and inhuman lol). removed millions of Facebook and IG accounts of those who commented in support of Palestinians and the genocide. My coworker yesterday even stated that on the news, the government admitted they deleted many IG accounts of those supporting Palestine.

If my being humane and expressing my heartfelt concern for a crying Palestinian boy who lost his childhood friend murdered in cold blood is "antisemite" then f**k Instagram, those who run it and support the killing of children.

As a Black man very well educated in my history of Black (and I'm using Black for the sake of conversation) and White folks road. I understand what Israel has done and continues to do to the Palestinian people. Yes, two wrongs don't make a right but when do a colonizer and their generations after say, "You know what, my forefathers f*cked up, we've been benefitting from it since, and we took something not ours and we're sorry. Here's your land back. But since we have history and have nowhere to go, can we be friends and co-exist?" But no, some people choose to war, not educate themselves of their own past to fix the future. In the next posts, I will muster up the mental space to share my thoughts on Israel and the Jewish community, Palestine, Black people, White people, and the similarities of what we all have been seeing. It will be a touchy and difficult topic and if one is open to it, It may be an enlightening one that opens dialogue and understanding. But it will be my eyes on the matter.

till then - f**k Instagram and the weirdo that bought it.

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Mind Your Cipher

Hello world. I'm tapping into the universe to share my thoughts on our friends, and that it's okay to do an audit on our cipher, our circle of friends as we even take into account auditing ourselves from within first.

My experiences have groomed me to be wise in the currency of energy of who I spend it on, and who withdrawal from me. Even time is a currency gifted to us that we must use wisely.

But mind your cipher, your friends. It's okay to audit your circle. We must remember that we grow mentally, spiritually, and physically just like our friends do. So we won't be the same people we met years ago. Shoot even a tragic or soul-moving situation could change them yesterday forever. Sometimes we'll get to the fork in the road where our friends and loved ones can't travel on and we must go our separate ways. Some can just be cheerleaders along our road as we meander through life too lol.

There are times when our friends can become deadweight and they don't even know it. Even we can become deadweight to THEM depending on where they're going in life. Understand, that just because we're friends doesn't mean I/we should ignore our health. Sometimes our friends' bags can become so heavy that we must leave them to sort things out on their own. It's like a lifeguard jumping in deep waters to save a drowning victim and the drowning person is panicking so bad they drown the lifeguard. So be careful on the bags of your friends you choose to jump in and save.

There are times, for no apparent reason, the communication just - fades away. There was no argument, no lies, no fights, no talking bad behind one's back. Just two people going through separate ways in life and every so often you look up and wonder, what happened to our friendship? But if you ever bump into each other, you pick up right where you left off like you two have never missed a beat.

You want your friends, like your life partner, to compliment your peace. Regardless of their ideals and the ways they're set in, as long as they continue to complement your peace and contribute to your growth as a human being, man, and woman you're in good hands. Remember to always keep you number one. No, I don't mean selfishly and egotistical. I mean make sure your peace of mind comes first. You keep home straight first, then you can tend to another's home. You can't pour into your friend's cup if you're less than half full. It would be nice if our country's government and political leaders use this wisdom.

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Rapid fire thoughts coming straight to the universe.

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You'll wake up one day and realize I wasn't for you; so stop calling out to my spirit in the universe, I feel you - myinkpenhasnoicloud

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Deal With It And Move On

I have noticed I'm getting random follows from bots. I've learned from a web developer friend it's some people's way out there in the Internet/social media world to keep tabs of people's pages so they can post your content on their page for whatever reason. Maybe, It seems plausible. I'm not this young Generation that is aching for views, likes, followers, or the like. And I'm not saying that I'm going to block everyone either. Given that said...

👉🏾[WARNING TO NEWCOMERS]👈🏾

I/we have the power to sift through those who choose to follow and remove them as I see fit if the energy's don't match. I don't need aimless souls dwelling in my follow list. If you disagree with my point of view cool, you're entitled to that. But I encourage you to ask questions to gain understanding because I will of you. Not just with me but anyone you encounter and converse with. I'm not going to please everyone. As a writer I understand I'm going to ruffle some feathers and that's okay. If you're disrespectful, ignorant, choose to stay in a box yet impose your ideology on others, etc, etc - you're getting blizzocked asap. Other than that, rock out. I'll delve deeper into why I've mentioned this and why it's important to protect who you let into your cypher, be it on or off social media on a later date. Removing someone immediately does NOT indicate you have soft skin. It means you're wise at this point in life that you will not tolerate anything or anyone who doesn't mesh with your spirit. It's okay to say "no", it's okay to hit block, delete that number, ignore phone calls, call off and take mental days off....okay I'm rambling, you get my drift. If not - drift your ass on to those pages over there. Peace ✌🏾

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I can't believe I'm back on here. A lot has changed. I'm not old, but I'm damn sure not wet behind the ears anymore 😅. I come from the Blackplanet, Migente, Myspace, MSN, and Yahoo chat era. I'm a writer. A poet to be exact who has gone into hiding. A recluse damn near. Some of you may not have been born yet (but that's okay), but to my Superman fans out there. Remember Supermans father, Jor-El, put General Zod, Ursa, and Non into a glass or mirror-like frame called the Phantom Zone Mirror? It is a "primary gateway to place prisoners into the phantom zone dimension." That is the best way I can describe my writers block and where it's gone. Thrown into the phantom zone mirror and thrown to the farthest end of the galaxy. There are many reasons why I put one of my passions on the back-burner. But I learned years ago that you gotta start somewhere. Just start writing/typing. Doesn't have to make sense. Somewhere down the line, it'll make sense. SO HERE I AM. Typing away. But I warn you in advance - my introvert is just a door, all my fire signs dwell behind. I'm a thinker and brutally honest at times. You may add/follow me today and months later, see a post of mine and unfollow tomorrow, and I won't even lose sleep. Not only am I here to get out of my head, but also to provoke thought, to be provoked to think (steel sharpens steel). Hopefully, I will connect with like-minded souls and learn on this new journey. Asé 🤲🏽