Category: Poetry

Fear, I gotta break up with you.

Dear fear,

We need to talk.

I need to walk.

It’s not you, fear.

It’s me.

See, The Universe, FINALLY, convinced me I don’t need to listen to you anymore.

God, FINALLY, convinced me I don’t need to be led by you anymore.

Life, FINALLY, convinced me I don’t need to fear you, to fear ME and my dreams anymore.

Don’t take it personal. It’s not you. It’s me. I no longer believe your lies. I believe in me now.

Go away now fear. I have no need of you.

Do me a favor. Tell doubt I’m coming for it next!

Your former fool,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Get to writing your own letters! Time we broke up with ALL that keeps us for being and presenting our best selves.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Don’t allow yourself to be the reason your dreams don’t come true.

Don’t allow yourself to be the reason your dreams don’t come true. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0SjPdVukol/?igshid=NmJiYWZiY2E0Mg==

Keep taking out the trash. Keep doing what’s needed to make a dreams come true. Keep going even when you’re tired. Keep going especially when you’re tired.

Be encouraged. You are loved and you are not alone.

Cassandra

Tell yourself a new story.

We tell ourselves a story everyday. We tell ourselves whether the day is gonna be a good day or a bad one.

We tell ourselves we can do something or we can’t do something.

We tell ourselves will meet somebody or we won’t meet someone.

We tell ourselves our day is either gonna be a disaster or it’s gonna be a great day.

We are the author of our story. Tell yourself a new story. Tell yourself today is going to be an outstanding day.

Then, make it an outstanding day!

Today was a rough day workwise. I had no idea what I was doing. I learned a lot. I laughed a lot. It was an outstanding day!

Too often, people use what happened in their dau to determine whether the day was wonderful or awful. Everything that happens is a teaching moment. Whether we accept the teaching is up to us.

My work day has ended. I’m going to enjoy me some football. In the past, I would have carried on about how rough the day had been worthwise. Now I laugh and keep it moving. I learned a lot. I laughed a lot. Priceless.

I promise myself I would do three pieces every day. This is me keeping my promise to myself. It has helped my writing. It has helped me keep to a schedule. I am enjoying keeping my promises that I make to myself.

It takes discipline to be good to yourself every day. I am learning to be more disciplined when it comes to myself. I am disciplined all day long for the world and my job. I know I am as important as my job in the world.

I hope you are okay today. I thought of you often. I pray for you much. Take care of yourself today. Being courageous you know that you are loved and not alone.

Keep being you. Enjoy being you. I am enjoying getting to know myself. I love being fifty five. Who knew?

here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t be afraid to reach out. Even when scammers pop out. The more I reach out the more I see scammers reaching out to me. That’s okay. I weed them out and keep it moving. I feel sorry for those who prey upon those who are trying to help the fellow man. I pray for them. Life is short. Keep loving the world even though it will take advantage of you.

4:22!

😳

Hhmm.

Yayaya!!!

🎹🪗🎶🎛🎹🎵🎼

💃💃💃

*Cassandra seeing she STILL has five more hours to sleep*!!!!

🥰,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Who has time for a note?! I get to go back to sleep…lol.

Have an amazing Thursday. Don’t stress yourself about all that happened on Wednesday. Don’t concern yourself with folk who aren’t concerned about you. Don’t waste time wasting time. Don’t…😴😴

Don’t forget you are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

Look at me: Look beyond your fear.

Look at me.

Look at me not at what you fear.

Look at me.

Not at what you’ve been told about me.

Look at me.

Not at what you think you see in me.

Look at me.

Allow me to look at you.

I will try to look past my fear of you.

I choose not to be afraid.

Of getting to know you.

Of having you get to know me.

We need one another.

You need my loud.

I need your quiet.

Come sit with me.

Allow me to sit with you.

Together.

This world needs more together.

I’m here world.

Never again will I allow myself to be on the outside looking in.

here,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Life is short. Your voice matters. Remember you are loved and you are not alone.

Heart check Wednesday ❤️.

It has been one of those days.

I didn’t want to work today.

I work today.

I didn’t want to miss mom today.

I missed mom today.

So much so I let the snooze button collect my tears. I never use a snooze button. I like to get up before the alarm.

My heart did not want to awaken and confront another day without mom.

The entire day felt like work.

So much so I ended my work day an hour early.

I need to love on mom another way. I am about to have a cup of coffee with her and talk about missing her.

The job has been hard. The new training has been hard. Life is then hard. My finances have been hard on me. Hard it had been especially hard on me.

Ah, hard. Can’t you give me one day of easy?

I have been enjoying spending the last waking hours of the day to myself. I have given my all to the world and to God. And the rest of the day is for me. Delicious.

I’m going to board the world watching all kind of youtube videos from all over the world. I enjoy learning about different cultures. I enjoy languages I have no idea what people are saying. We are loving the same language I believe.

Ah, world. Why are you still so silent to such a loud heart as mine? I would love to sit down and get to know you and have you get to know me.

Ah, Life. Why are you still so silent to such a loud heart as mine? I would love for you to show me all of life’s treasures.

Ah, God…*sigh,*…Nuff said.

Ah, beloveds…

How is your heart? I hope you are okay. I hope you KNOW you are loved and not alone. Be encouraged. Love someone. Starting with you.

Sad has been a bit loud, lately. I think I shall sit with her and ask her why she can’t sit still lately. She says she dreams…

Ah.

Aha!

dreaming again,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged. Share your heart. The world needs what only YOU can give. Let yourself receive as well. You are worth it.

STOP explaining you.

It’s exhausting.

To have to explain your every:

Action.

Emotion.

Expression.

Dress.

Passion.

Choice.

Us women are forever chosen chosen to be the barometer of everything. We have to be the mediators. We have to be the care givers. We have to be the mediator who cares in a quiet manner. ACK!!!!

Enough already.

Leave us alone.

Let us be:

Loud.

Quiet.

Angry.

Peaceful.

Weak.

Why must we always be the strong one? Why must we be the one to bear the weight of the world upon our shoulder? When will we ever get the chance to:

Need?

Want?

Feel?

Why must we be ridiculed for needing what everybody else does?

STOP explaining you, beloveds. It is enough.

Life is short. Get out there and live! YOUR way. There are plenty of folk who can’t wait to meet you.

I bought some chicken strips that were a bit too peppery. What did I do? I added some eggs and sweet pickles and made some chicken salad! Sometimes, you just have to add some different things to produce a different meal.

Be encouraged. Keep love in the world your way. The world needs you. Remember you are loved and not alone.

unapologetically me,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Why you mad?

Why you mad, fear?

Just because I no longer fear you.

Why you mad, doubt?

Just because I no longer hear you.

Why you mad pride?

Just because I no longer allow you to run my life.

Why you mad, anger?

Just because I don’t allow you to get all up in my feels.

Don’t be mad. I’m not mad at you. I just don’t have time for you. I got thangs to do.

doing thangs,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I have been fussing and fighting with bugs every since I was too lazy to take out the trash. Now, I have to take the time and expense to fight my way free. I ain’t mad. I am just doing the work to work my way free of bugs of my own making.

Keep working your way free of your dumbness or lazy. Remember not to be too hot on yourself. Be hard on pride. Be hard on apathy. Be hard on unforgiveness. Be hard on giving up. Just don’t be too hard on yourself.

Remember you are loved and not alone. You can do this.

Life doesn’t have to be a battle.

Life doesn’t have to be a battle.

Life doesn’t have to be an endless skirmish.

Life can be:

A moment.

A breath.

A sigh.

A wonder.

wondering at the breathless wonder called life,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Don’t allow the world to take the wonder out of life. Live.

You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

You can change the world God said to me.

God: You can change the world.

Me: How?

God: Ah, great question. Keep asking.

Me: Ah, God…

I have been asking how for fifty five years. I don’t know how to change the world. I don’t know how to change me. I don’t know how changing me would change the world. God keeps saying it will. God keeps saying I will.

Ah, God.

You can change the world, beloveds.

How?

Keep asking.

In the meantime:

Love.

Love changes things. Love changes us. Love changes the world.

Ah.

Aha!

changing the world with MY love,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep changing the world. One heart at a time. Starting with you…

You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU