Sneak Peek #2: 2012 A Poem for Every Day This Year

Wanted to share another excerpt from my 2012 Project : A New Poem for Every Day This Year
Wrote this on the day I had my interview for my new job in Chicago. Today is a week since I have relocated and reading through this piece reminds me again of how awesome God is and how much I am truly blessed. Coming here was definitely a hard thing to do, getting out of my comfort zone, away from family, friends, my linesisters, and wubbs (inside thing).  I received this job less than a month after graduation (favor).  God has brought me here for a purpose and I have to embrace that. Embrace that He will never leave me that the desires of my heart will come to fruition. So readers I hope that you also experience the favor of God, know that His love will take you to places you never thought they would and as long as you stay in His will, there is nothing to fear. Much love

He Favors Me
January 5, 2012
He favors me
Even when I don't see
Even when I neglect
Even when I doubt
He favors me
I'm living a life pre-destined
by His hands
fashioned in a way specifically for me
Tailored made for me
He...favors me
Alone I am not
Comforted I am by His love
His peace
Everything that I am doing
He has prepared me
Financially, mentally, physically
He favors me
He chose me
To be here in this moment
To do this thing, to travel this way
No coincidences
No happenstances
My GOD..oh.. He favors me
Those around me can't understand
My path, my journey
But it is He who comprehends
Those silent prayers
Those thoughts in my head
He is that friend
Who listens when I lay in my bed reflecting
Asking these questions no one wants to answer
He favors me
Now more than ever I get it
I understand more and more
His love
His grace
His mercy
His favor
He...favors me

Sneak Peek into my 2012 Creative Project A Poem for Every Day This Year

Happy New Year and all that jazz! This year I decided to write a new poem for every day of the year. These poems will be based off thoughts or experiences that occurred on that particular day. Hopefully this could be some material for a play or even a book. I wanted to share this one in particular with you all and I hope you enjoy.

This is a poem I wrote on the day I celebrated my first Founders' Day as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. On January 13, 2012 we as an organization celebrated 99 years of service to the world and to one another as sisters. It is a day we honor the vision of our 22 founders and their commitment to make a difference in the world. I am humbled and honored to be a part of such a wonderful organization and it is my prayer that God continues to guide and strengthen us individuallly and collectively.

Readers , enjoy and to my sawrahs....OO-OOP!

Sisterhood is not the label we stamp on our website
Something that sounds good or appeals to a target audience
It's not something we say in front of our peers to put on face
Our sisterhood is in the small things
The rides home
Loaning money in times of need
Being someone there when love is lost
The meals
The fellowship
The calls just to say I love you
The texts just to check
Defining our sisterhood is not in the words we say
But in our actions
True sisterhood is embodied, preserved, grown, and nurtured
In our actions
Our sisterhood is what helps a bad day turn into an amazing one
Full of positive energy and love
Our sisterhood is ours
Not defined individually, but collectively
Collective hearts
Collective minds
Collective spirits
Joining together to form a bond
The envy of many, admired by more
Our sisterhood is overflowing
in love
in hope
in truth
Not perfect but always striving to be better daily
changing the world daily
For our sisterhood is more than a one day goal
But a lifetime promise to abide in love