Welcome

Let me introduce myself:

The best way that I know how to express myself is in poetry

I wrote the following called "Character" in 2016.

It is as true today as it was then

(with a few slight alterations.....

but more about that later)

For now

Here goes.....

"Character"

I am Mama

My lover's partner

Sister and Sister-in-law

Daughter and a friend

to my Mama and my Papa.

Aunt to my sibling's children

and to those of my lover

Confidante and professional to

other, co-workers

Winging and wringing

every second, every moment.

Challenged by

twenty-first-century technologies

I am a Black pioneer

I am, a woman.

My interactions define me

yet, I am a product

of my history.

I know 'who ?'

I Am.

"This, is

where we are ."

I am mindful

and seek constantly

to redress

the fortunes

and the lives

of my grandparents.

Proud

to live

For my

ancestral others.

My being pulsates strives to be constant.

To celebrate, the moment

of growth through fulfilment.

I try

to champion a hurt

and to laugh

with, those who love me.

I am

Alive!