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14/100 Days of Love
Some things I like about you Your candor Your gapYour smize Your voice Your humor Your careYour patience Your kindnessYour ability to love me
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13/100 Days of Love
Untitled I miss the younger me the younger you the younger usback when just the thought of you was enough for me back when the idea of us having a future brought me joybefore the self-awareness before the harsh love lessons that come with ageback when only the mere mention of your name gave me […]
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12/100 Days of Love
For the Man who wasn’t Man Enough for Me With you I’m the happiest I’ve ever been But with youI can’t fantasize a fulfilling life With youtime doesn’t exist and we share many laughs But with you I will have to traverse all of life’s hardships alone With you I feel free, young, and in […]
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11/100 Days of Love
Untitled How does one come to terms with the fact that they loved someone who never loved them?Does one ever?There’s only one solution to this problem. And that is no solution at all.
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My Short Fling with a Reading Man
This post is dedicated to a man who will never read my blog and someone I may never see again, but who enjoyed my brief time with me this summer. A man who wore loafers with shorts and ankle socks (which I hated). A man who was not large in stature but took up more […]
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10/100 Days of Love
Untitled When I hear an electric guitar I think of youI think of your skin pressed against mine I think of my hands gliding up your back As smooth as the riff of the guitar I think of you breathing in my earAs deep as a bassI think of our hands interlocked and me being […]
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9/100 Days of Love
Circles you only want mewhen i don’t want youwhich means you never want me becausei always want you
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8/100 Days of Love
Something Sweet I eat a piece of chocolate at night when you’re not there because I still need something sweet to go to bed
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Love Letter to My Biggest Inspiration/Our Brightest Ancestor
I’m gonna live as hard as i can and as full as i can until i die Much like the reason I started this blog, I picked up ASSATA while trying to discover what being a black woman meant to me. I was searching for stories of other black women that would help me feel […]
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7/100 Days of Love
Untitled Your mommy told me you were coming and I was happy as if you were already hereYour mommy told me you were coming and I instantly claimed you as mineYou have your mommy and your daddy and your gg and your glammy and you have me tooYou have a future that’s brighter than the […]
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