“The Seasons”

                   My life is paradoxical

                                              It consists of orders and ambiguity

                                           My mind and ambition are laser-focused

                                          My presence and heart reside sporadically

                              I am an amiable soul that channels connectivity and presence

                                                    I have experienced lifetimes

                                          Here or there, I am living in my purpose

                        My thoughts reside over the blue bodies of water and around the block

My surroundings alter, but my identity remains

                                                          I am a black girl

                                              Born in the south with no hometown

                                I have always wondered how it feels to truly belong to a place

                                          No place to say I was born and raised

                                Yet I proclaim belonging wherever I lay my head

            I desire to heal, I am a healer

                                        I am the marginalized hearts and minds

                                     Before and after me, and despite differences

                                                      I see myself  in them

                                               From the city to the country

                                      From the U.S. to overseas, people need healers

                                                       Healers need people

                                                     I am a sense of solace

                             I am disconnected to norms, yet conscious of my surroundings

                                            My heart will always radiate warmth

                                                          My passion is fire

                                                    It is the igniter of change

                                 I want to know how everything works in harmony

                                             Through uncertainty, to clarity

                                    Through being a lonely yet gravitational soul

                                    I am the world and its people culminated into one

                               A girl from the South that has been seasoned by the world

                                                 I  am here for a greater cause

                                                       The seasons of life

                                                              Autumn