I am dreamer,
Limitless,
effortless,
and graceful when you least expect it.
A daughter to a psychotic mother who has loved me the best way she knows how.
I am an aunt.
Scholarly,
La grande royale,
seemingless,
mignon,
incredible at my best,
everything Fanon thought of but never explored or wrote of;
I am a treasure chest.
Everything you wish you were,
your rival,
your lover,
the best friend you wish you had.
Compassionate,
loyal,
profound without even trying.
I am an amalgamation of reality,
a photographer,
Camerican,
stuck,
Giving,
improving,
vain,
self-reliant
fragile,
GREAT when I'm mediocre, stellar at my best;
everything you wish you could be and then some.
a metaphor waiting to be written
i'm on a quest.
I looked for God in many places,
I found him in a mosque,
Lost faith in humanity,
found it in Islam,
I am in recovery.
I embrace my shortcomings.
a firm believer in spring cleaning.
Lost
I'm a believer in Christ;
I'm a fragment,
magical,
A thinker,
inconsistent
profound when you least expect it.
nostalgic,
the long lost love you've dreamed of but haven't had the courage to seek out.
Cameroonian by birth,
rooted in Yaounde,
A Parisian in the making,
Bostonian in love with Dakar
with New York as my ex
and D.C. in my future
I'm the revolution Africa seeks and has yet to find.
A martyr.
searching for truth in unconventional places.
Solace
That girl who loves to like and is consistently in like, never in love,
often in lust masked as love confused with like.
I am playful,
I am playful,
fluent in sarcasm,
in love with Arabic but French is my first love.
Haunted by what if's and missed possibilities.
Allergic to apples (but I eat them),
mushrooms.
I am severely allergic to bullshit.
I am depleted.
consistently moved by others.
Saddened by poverty,
taking it one day at a time.
I hate winter,
live for summer, sundresses, and sunglasses.
flip flops are love.
doctrinaire in redemption.
I am a distant memory
je comprends l'importance de savior,
i am witty,
i am poor,
Empowered by Desmond Tutu, humbled by Wangari Maathai, mesmerized by Camus and head over heals in love with Garcia Marquez.
I am unencumbered,
ready to continue the takeover,
a legend in the making.
waiting in a coffee shop
adherent to the belief that coffee is liquified gold.
Thoughtful,
reserved,
persistent,
obsessed with the preservation of memory.
Bismillah!
A soon to be college graduate in search of direction but my compass is broken.
I am affectionate,
a distraction,
your future boss!
Continuous.
Hopeful,
evolving,
crass.
Continuiously pensive,
a mystery.
I am forgetful.
cOmitted,
omitted,
celebrated.
a poor speller,
excellent grammarian (when I feel like it).
Educated,
red lipstick,
full of adventure,
unpredictable.
Living life simply,
and abundantly.
I am cultured,
rich,
and cultivated.
Flexible.
I see possibilities in impossibilities.
accessible,
open,
selective,
rebellious,
failed poet,
wanna be writer,
misunderstood.
an activist,
awkward,
articulate
an aliteration in the making.
I am everything Senghor, Cesaire, and Damas conceptualized and hoped for but failed to make a reality.
I am a fugitive.
I am the coolest thing since sliced bread;
true story.
Superb,
sensitive,
humorous.
A small deciduous European tree of the rose family,
a favorite.
I fear failure.
I am dependable,
insightful.
Je me souviens toujours.
Yangi ci jamm?
Jamm Rekk
Y
Estella
