Freedom

The queen and legend, Nina Simone tells us what freedom is.My love for her style, her fighting spirit, her music and her cause (at a time when it was easier to be silent), knows no bounds. What is freedom to you? What better day to contemplate freedom than on a Friday. Have a weightless Friday …

Release

Phenomenal woman ‘Release!’‘Underneath your fears,The phenomenal womanWaits to be released’What are you afraid of?❤️&💪🏾Aweni

Never give up!

Keep trying Giving up isn't an option for me. It shouldn't be for you too. Let's go get 'em! Have a blast this week my lovelies. ❤&💪Aweni

Diva

Diva Hello Monday! ‘Monday’s a divaDripping attitude and classApproached by the brave.’ ❤️&💪🏾Aweni

Perhaps

Perhaps if I share my painPerhaps it will end.Perhaps if I speak up for oncePerhaps your ears deaf to my squirms will hear me.Perhaps if I had spoken up when that patient compared my skin colour to his stool,Perhaps you, my senior would have stepped in and told him that what he said was not …

Sparkle

They'll judge and whisper Let it fall behind you. Shine! Wipe out the darkness. Aweni Adams

Keep Calm

Loud screams, far and near Real and profound fears abound Sweats, deaths, tears and pain Frail hearts shake from shallow roots Nah! We'll find calm in your eye ❤&🕯Aweni Let's work through this together and apart my lovelies. Yes! We can!💪

Bye 2019

Sing me new ballards Don't be tethered to the old Friends, let's fly again. Forward ever! Backward never! Today is the last day of the year 2019! 2019 may have brought you lots of breakthroughs, happiness and many other lovely things or it may not have been the best year for you. It might have …

Dark place

Onye rolled in dirty gritty slime. She locked herself in this dark space, devoid of air, every time she remembered his hands on her body. She peered through the thick storm windows at the other Onye, her hands lingering on the frame. Unable to reach her, she could only wish she was her as she …

Bottled up

Bottle of pain leaks. Daily, tears flow and blood seeps. Fragile is her heart. Therein, we died, but, I live, still. Therein, I buried your kisses and your caresses of my tresses and crevices. Therein, I laid pains, and, the chains wrought from times when you made it rain on my skin. Therein, I sat …