the best gift       when i give it to you, you better not ever take it for granted 
when i give it to you, you better realize where my heart is planted 
when i give it to you, i hope you know it means you’re special 
when i give it to you, i’m not doing it just to test you 
i give it to you, knowing i can never take it back 
i give it to you, knowing you might knock me off track 
i give it to you, knowing this is where i wanna be 
i give it to you because you make me happy 
it’s the best gift in the world, and you can’t even hold it 
It’s MY time...and even i can’t control it 
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      glimpse of hope       The last 4 days. For the first time in a long time. My heart wasn't constantly hurting. For once i didn't feel completely broken. Completely helpless...I felt peace that was completely unspoken. Just a feeling in my heart regardless of what was spoken. The kind of peace that makes all the broken pieces and pain seem insignificant because of my God. My God, healer of all. All knowing, all powerful, merciful and loving. He deals with it all and somehow we constantly underestimate His power, healer of all. As if my pain is too deep. My problems too complicated. For me to just trust and take the leap. As if I am completely unrelated to Him or anything having to do with His will. I forget that not only am I related to Him but created by Him and for Him to do His will not mine. Regardless of what's related to my heart, I gotta do what's on His mind and constantly be in prayer to find answers to my questions that only He can answer. Because He is the beginning and the en...  | 
  
  
  
       
      anguish       It happened. It all happened. And I just went numb. Defense mechanisms that wouldn't let my emotions succumb to the true pain and multitude of feelings that would emerge from this series of dealings with people who didn't set out to hurt me but still so viciously dirtied what I once thought was so pure, so full of life and love, feels like it came from the angel above that fell beneath and now lives among heathens, constantly battling for our souls, never giving up never letting go but somehow still breathing, I won't be eternally defeated, I won't be concreted into something I hate, I won't let this hate in my heart become innate, I'm constantly battling something I don't feel ready to face, so I turn around but it's still in my face, there's no hiding, nothing I can do to erase, the memories and pain that were so aggressively placed, upon me, and now I find myself searching for just a trace, of hope and purpose every day. There is purpose in ...  | 
  
  
  
       
      x       another day but nothing new 
I’m still crying over losing you 
maybe not visibly, but my heart still can’t take the truth 
i still remember the last day i saw ya face 
It’s been so long but seems like yesterday and i can’t erase 
the image, the pain, the feeling that I’m insane 
i love you so much, the depth of this feeling i can’t even explain 
the placement of blame, i put on myself 
for ruining your life, for making a decision based solely on myself 
i said i was doing this for you, i said it’d be better this way 
i didn’t think you could be happy if i let you stay 
so i made the decision and you had no say 
now all of the apologies in the world could never make it ok 
  
i couldn't handle the thought of you 
i always wondered if you’d be able to handle the truth 
i wouldn&rsquo...  | 
  
  
  
       
      one love       my one true love on this earth, i can’t explain it 
its a game that i can’t even play and it pains me to say it 
it drains me to weigh it, so heavy on my shoulders 
i wish i could lighten the load but its heavier on my heart than a ton of boulders 
its just a part of me, deeper than i can even comprehend 
engrained in my dna as if basketball is what makes my heart mend 
its what makes my heart beat 
but its also what makes my heart break 
the knowledge of never playing again, my heart can’t take 
and being ok with never playing again, that part of me is so fake 
so my only option, is to turn to God 
not just a quick hello with a head nod 
but get on my knees in prayer and give Him everything 
thank Him sincerely for giving me everything 
Christ Jesus is everything I’d ever need 
so I thank Him for sending His son to bleed 
for everything He did to make the d...  | 
  
  
  
       
      how Christ saved me this year       It’s been an amazing year 
an amazing time with you Lord 
an amazing time to hear 
everything you have for me Lord 
i just want to be near to You and have my ear to You 
always hear where You want me to go 
You always wipe away my tear and make me smile 
You erase my fear and hold me while 
i hear your children cheer for me when I’m feeling vile 
I’m not always what I appear to be but I’m tryin... 
Christ you saved me 
you came into my heart and changed me 
and everyday since you’ve made me 
to be a little less like me and more like you… 
i know it sounds crazy, if you don’t understand 
but i’m hoping that maybe one day everyone will comprehend… 
the abundance of His love, the limitless grace and mercy 
and that if we just embrace it and face adversity  
with a smile on our face  
and stay strong while we ...  | 
  
  
  
       
      for my little sis       
 boo boo don’t do it 
don’t go down that path 
at the end of the day i want your smile to be genuine 
 
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      June 10th       another birthday, another year passed 
another day wishing that you hadn’t passed 
i’m looking to the future, not dwelling in the past 
but it doesn’t change the fact, that your life didn’t last 
at least long enough, to see me grow 
into the beautiful young woman, that i would love for you to know 
you taught me everything you thought i should know 
before you left us, to be with our heavenly father, see 
you taught me to trust in Him, so earthly things won’t bother me 
and you prepared me for everything that would come next 
so that i could be an inspiration to others and not get a complex 
not spiral down the wrong path 
or do crazy things that would just make others laugh 
i miss you everyday, and this is no different 
but sometimes i just cant put to bay, feeling so different 
from everyone around me, i just want to make a difference 
a lasting i...  | 
  
  
  
       
      Rant        Life can only be lived forwards 
but only really understood backwards 
I’m not good at expressing my feelings 
so I’m sorry for my lack of words 
but I need to explain some things on my mind... 
I love to laugh until it hurts 
and I aint gonna lie I hate to cry 
I avoid it at all costs, I dunno why 
I’m not a touchy person but i love hugs 
and it really bugs and irks me to my core 
when people just lie to my face and then shrug 
like you ain’t even got the common courtesy and grace 
to tell me the truth, put yourself in my place 
and it really tugs at my heart and makes it race 
when people judge others, its just such a waste 
of time and space 
leave that all up to God, He sent Jesus to die in our place! 
and none of us will ever be perfect so stop flexin 
we’re all equally bad, so stop vexin 
and don’t let satan con...  | 
  
  
  
       
      i could be good...       Envisions of pain tattooed in my brain 
Decisions to abstain from behavior so vain 
Precision in my work while I still remain sane 
Divisions in the domain of what I have yet to gain 
Detained by the rain 
I’m drowning in disdain 
Collisions of my thoughts and feelings I can’t explain 
But I’ve maintained to contain my profane side within me 
While I refrain from the inane actions that have been me 
I must regain the strength to retain lifes length 
And until what I’ve obtained is greater than what I have yet to gain 
I won’t stop until I go insane 
From sippin on Champagne or ran train in the hood 
I’m like a Great Dane trying to be humane 
I remain misunderstood 
Restrained by misconceptions that could be good 
But stuck in this mundane world that should be good 
I could be good, I wish for your sake I would be good…  |