"Accepting the vulnerabilities of life...moving with the ebb and flow of mother nature...Cause sometimes growing wildly can be a beautiful reality..." Osage Dior                      ©NEEMA

By: Osage Dior

Truth. It hurts like fire being spit in your eye. It bleeds like a wound that doesn’t want to heal. I have seen this situation before, I am the sacrifice. The Joan of Arc, the one who is suppose to be tied and burnt for taking a stand for what I believe in at all times. I believe in truth.

Excuse  Me Sir…

Your distorted image of me does not faze me, I am a lover of my black culture and though you want to put me in a box with the rest of the “black women” you know, fine! However, I cannot run, nor will I hide from you…Jesus was killed due to his own disciples…Malcom X followed Islam, but as soon he became conscious of something deviant-he could not spread that radical message…Trigger one. Trigger two. Trigger three.

By: Osage Dior

Alone…
I walked in…
Not expecting to see you…
I…
Sitting quite casually…
Nothing extravagant…
Just me…
In…
A black shirt, skinny jeans, and some shiny Steve Madden heels,
Hair in some created on the spot,
Whatever bobby pin would hold for my wayward natural hair…
I heard poetry…
Kanye West lyrics through the speakers…
Sipping cranberry juice in the beginning…
Because I don’t drink…
Having a wonderful time…
All by myself…
Leaving the door to a happy evening…
A bold evening…
To say…I don’t need to have a crew to be happy…
Becoming reacquainted to the awkwardness of my social ability…

"As a woman you are a profound alchemical portal of transformation for us men. You are a Uni-verse of infinite wonder where all of life exists." Kute Blackson ©NEEMA

By: Osage Dior

A former boss told me, “Ms. Caesar if you don’t stand for something, you stand for nothing…” I can steal my mom’s favorite quote all the time, “I’m neither black or white…I’m in the gray area…” Yeah, she was definitely an artist prior to Prince and his symbol.

Basically, it comes a point in your life where you have to make a decision. Now, it’s not going to be easy, but you have to just do it. The outcome will be the outcome, and worry about perfection later.

By: DesiBjorn

http://theangriestblackmaninamerica.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/culture-of-dependency-the-trap/

The Story

In the last post in this series I discussed how the inefficiencies of social programs create a trap of poverty not because everyone who utilizes them is trying to live off the system, but because the programs do not actually offer a platform for which people can actually elevate or restore their lives to a normal (I use that word very loosely) standing.