No Fear...

I am still here.

Thinking.

Planning.

Hoping.

Wondering.

Searching.

Changing.

Doing what needs to be done...even when I don't want to do it.

But...I am still here.

Words are not enough

You ever been so full of joy that tears pricked your lashes and static electricity raced the length of your spine? Have words failed to capture the magnitude of your peace? You ever felt powerful enough to blast your spirit right out of its flesh cage and launch it into the ether? I'm feeling like that today. I'm feeling that words are not nearly enough to describe the sheer wonder and excitement I have for this day. Today feels magical and magnificent. I woke up tired but full of....something.

All I can think is how grateful I am, how thankful I am to be here breathing, being, seeing, doing. I am the hope of my ancestors! Mmm mmm mmm. It. Is. All. Good. Hell, it's all GREAT! Good things are coming my way. All kinds of things. Change is coming...and I'm ready. I don't care what it looks like...don't really care what it feels like, I AM READY! I want CHANGE! I don't want anything to be the same anymore. I am NOT afraid! Maferefun Oya, because the changes have already begun! That's Ogun racing through my blood and clearing a path. Shango is firing me up right now! Ahhh, life is soooooo good! I give thanks!  Maferefun Egungun! Maferefun Eshu! Maferefun Oya! Maferefun Obatala! Maferefun Ogun! Maferefun Sango! Maferefun Ori! Maferefun Olodumare!

The Fire

A spark

Like a flint bringing warmth and light to life

It came out of thin air

Out of what appeared to be random events

But this was meant

And there was a glow

It became brighter with the passage of time

Heating up

Darkness disspelled

Cold pushed back into the recesses

And the spark burst into flame

Dancing

Illuminating

Hotter and hotter it became

Igniting more flames

An inferno erupted

Consuming but at the same time creating

And then...something happened

The heat started to cool

The flames became tame

No longer consumed or consuming

The fire waned

Is waning

One day only ashes will remain