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Ode to age, ageism and all that aging stuff!

                                                                                                                                                                                        Yemaja Jubilee….

                                                                                                                                                                            AKA Beloved The Soulful Poet.


                        My Hair:
                                                                                                                                                                              The older I get the younger I become,

                    I wash my hair in                                   I believe in changing my looks to stay                                                                Cause no one gets to tell this SiSTAR,
                   the  summer  every                                   trendy and looking young.
                   two to three  days                                                                                                                                           how aging is supposed to be done.
                   and in winter every                                     here have been times  I just  go  with the                                                              Yes, my hair is fire engine red
                   three  to  four days                                Tseason and have a  different look each                                                              And my lips are green or purple at times,
                   with products that I get from my hairdresser         season with my hair and makeup. My desire is
                   and I apply the liquid that he gives to me to        to always radiate youth, fun and vitality with age                              I am unique, Bold,& Black!  I am a Queen! I exude The Big G’s divine light and
                   keep my hair color vibrant  and to keep it           not being the main issue. I do not tell my age,
                   moisturized.                                         because I find that people treat me differently.                             Luminosity for all the world to behold. Snap! Snap!  Here what I say…I am one of a
                        y hair is curly, and I do not blow dry it       It’s not that I am ashamed of my age , It’s the                                               kind, and I will  not allow you to mess with my mind!
                  Moften. I allow it to dry naturally .My hair          societal norms and assumptions that humans
                   is amazingly easy to care for because of the         tend to have in their minds about what a certain                                     You see age is but a number that does not have to define you or me.
                   natural  curl.  I  just  run  my  fingers  through  it   age is supposed  to look like and behave in a                                       Why it is simply crazy when you follow the rules of normalcy,,,,
                   as  it  dries  and  shape  it  into  a  style  that    is   manner that says I am old and I am on  my last                      I do  know for sure that if you do not move every day in some way there will be a time
                   becoming for whatever activity I am involved         leg. NOT!
                   in for the day. I like wearing my hair in different                                                                           you desire to move, and your mind says yes and your body  says hell no, sugar plum …..
                   shades  of red  and I  do wear  wigs  that  are                                                                                                                     We ain’t moving today!
                   blond, or black& auburn from time to time to                                                                                            Yes, I can see this for myself cause all that you say means  nothing to me.
                   change my looks with a head dressing                                                                                              You are not me, nor will allow you to determine my reality and  define my destiny.

                                                                                                                                                    I will defy those odds you see, because I am the Beloved of the BIG G and It tell me ,
                   No one gets to define me, what  from people who I  felt  were  personalize it.In fact it just lets
                   I wear, how I wear it or when I  just not comfortable  enough  me know, I really have my stuff                                                               what I think about I bring about….
                   wear it. It is my choice. I have  with  themselves  to  dare  wear  together.                                                   I will not hang around those who complain, moan, and tell  their stories repeatedly of
                   had  comments  about my  those colors. I know it is about                                                                                                              misery and pain.
                   purple ,  green  and golden lips  them and not me , so I do not
                                                                                                                                                      On my path, my journey on this earthly plane I get to do it my way,  I accept who I
                                                                                                                                                              am, where I am ,with radical acceptance without divine discontent  ,

                                                                                                                                                             So out the front door of my mind, between the neurons and synapses
                                                                                                                                                                                    There are no memory lapses….

                                                                                                                                                                 Just a tender, gentle voice , in my Soul sanctuary in a whisper….
                          I  am  currently  also    a    In closing, always remember that you are who you are because                                                                        I hear it say….
                          Trendsetter  model for         of the Artist that put you together… you are a Masterpiece, so do
                          Cameo  Models Interna-         not allow others to define you.  There is no box, all possibilities
                          tionale  ,Renne  Lacy  CEO     are just waiting for you to think it, speak it and be it. And most                                                   No, you didn’t come here to stay.
                          here  in Richmond,  Va.        of all lean not to your own egoic understanding,  just ask, seek,                                  But my Beloved one, you can, and you will flourish, bloom, and grow
                          I  also  was  a  model for     and follow  the God of your understanding. Remembering too                                        from the inside out in a wholesome, vigorous, and dynamic way….and
                          Stein Mart for many years      that each day is a good day to be ALIVE, so be grateful and your
                          here in Richmond .             Breath connects you to all of Humanity!                                                           AGE  and aging are just a word! Grounded in Spirit You get to do your
                                                          AND SO, IT IS!!!                                                                                                              life…... YOUR WAY.
                                                                                                                                                                                          I did it my way!!!



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