Spirit to Spirit - Soul to Soul
Let Our Spirit Communicate Through Poetry and Affirmation
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Day 14 In life we don’t always make the right decisions
REDEMPTION In the beginning God said, Let there be light Slowly making compromises and planning retribution Grasping to hold him fast with gifts of life Until finally, with eyes hazed in disappointment Now in total confusion and lost in desperation And slowly but, surely I heed the call "In the beginning God said let there be light
Sometimes we love those who don’t deserve our love
and affection. We sacrifice, make excuses
and try to win their affection by giving too much of ourselves
with the hope that our "one-sided-love affair" will be enough
to suffice. In the end, when we finally come to our senses, we
realize what we suspected from the start.
But no light shined as I sat
in the darkness of my ignorance and self-made solitude
allowing him
to re-arrange and mark out boundaries in my precious life,....
In this only life I have!
with perfumed soaked skin and candle-light dinners
hoping to win, this time, his love and dedication
but, alas, I remain his concubine, his baby’s mama
second or perhaps even third in line
so I wait,...oh, how I wait,... waiting for my redemption
through degradation and self-humiliation
as I spit from my loins our future,
fatherless, nameless babies,
inheritance conceived of empty hopes and dreams
while stripping away the dignity I once held,
and slowly sliding down the abyss of
broken promises and untouched accomplishments,...
yes, untouched accomplishments
but, still I wait
at the cross roads of my indignation
not knowing in what direction I should take
not remembering from whence I came
a thought, a flicker of light finds its way to my redemption
spoken words from long ago, whispering in my inner ear
"Rise up, stand tall!
for you are the descendant of princesses, princes, kings and queens,
rise up and take your own redemption!"
and I rise up!
and with arms spread out in praise to God
and the Spirits that showed me the way
I rise up and say:
and the light was good--
for this was my beginning!"
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Spirit to Spirit - Soul to Soul, Let our Spirit Communicate through Poetry and Affirmation
Speaking daily words of encouragement and poetry regarding issues and relationships prevalent to today’s women. This book, while exposing the weaknesses, encourages women to stand and be accountable to self first.
It is a collage of emotions that scream out recognition and respect, while also, revealing the deep-rooted love which only a woman can possess.
Spirit to Spirit, Soul to Soul is a book you will want to read everyday as you sip your morning coffee or relax in the evening before retiring.
"Lea’s poetry and prose probe issues regarding women and relationships."
-- Staten Island Advance
About the Author
Lea is a native New Yorker, and upcoming poet and author of the novel, Realities. Lea’s enthusiasm and personal commitment of embracing the spirit and touching the soul through the spoken word has sparked a new light and vision in the circle of poetry in New York. Lea is a member of the International Women’s Writing Guild, and a member of the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, where she now resides. Lea is presently working on her third book that will be out sometime in 2003.