Like the Sun In the Skies, We Rise!

Karla Davis Mason

Description

Some moments are harder than others but we have the capacity to overcome it all! Like the sun in the skies, through it all, we can rise!
Like the Sun in the Skies, We Rise! is a collection of passages and poetry which uniquely highlight many of the life altering experiences we have as humans. Each poem speaks of victory over adversity, hope over fear and love over hatred.
Life can be exciting and full of wonder. It can also bring about extremely challenging and painful experiences. How do we stay hopeful during the times in the valley and how do we stay humble when we reach the mountain tops? How do we continue to grow as servants of God in a world that doesn’t always bring out the best in us? As human, we have great potential to overcome whatever tests life brings... and to grow in spite of.
We have the innate ability to persevere through some of the worst conditions and critical circumstances. We can learn, create and overcome like no other species on this planet. We’re born survivors and can rise through it all.
Like the Sun in the Skies, We Rise!!!

Sujets

• justice
• Poetry

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 17 décembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781982256760
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Like the Sun In the Skies, We Rise!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karla Davis Mason
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Copyright © 2020 Karla Davis Mason.
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
 
 
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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.
 
Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
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Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Website
 
 
ISBN: 978-1-9822-5678-4 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-9822-5677-7 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-9822-5676-0 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020920257
 
Balboa Press rev. date:  07/07/2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Written expressions created to inspire thought, reflection, understanding, hope & healing.
Through the Vicissitudes of Life, We Can Rise!
Contents
Preface
 
Fear Not My Skin, Look Deep Within!
Who Taught You To Hate?
Dear Pop
Still I Heal
Sincerely, Melanated Queens
Escape.From.Sunken.Places.
What Would They Do If They Really Knew?
Yet I Rise
He Wept
True to You
Just The Way I Am
Reflections, Reflections, Reflections
Worthy
Dreams.Detours.Destinations.
Revered Yet Feared
The Thin Line
Black Enough
From Darkness to Light
Crown & Glory Within
Luvin’ My Authenticity
Magnificent Melanation
What’s It Like, My Father?
 
Reflections
Acknowledgements
Preface
When I was very young, I didn’t always know how to verbally express all the things I was feeling inside. Poetry became a wonderful, therapeutic outlet for me...and it’s one I still use today. Poetry is an individual sport of sorts that no one else can really critically challenge.
Through poetry we have the freedom to be as direct or abstract, as raw or eloquent as we want to be. Our words don’t have to be grammatically correct, specific, or make perfect sense to anyone but us. We can express ourselves, reach others and bring awareness to things some might otherwise find uncomfortable to talk about. Write on, my sisters and brothers, write on!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you family, friends and those I met in passing for being an intricate part of my journey. Thank you for sharing your love, life and stories with me. They have helped me to share in this capacity. Our experiences have been my greatest source of inspiration for this book!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I dedicate this book to the lives lost and gone too soon.
I dedicate this book to my beautiful brothers and sisters still fighting the good fight!
 
 
 
George.Ahmaud.Philando.Sandra.Trayvon.Alton.Alberta.Terence.Botham.Atatiana.Laquan.Eric.
Charly.Shelly.Jamar.Michelle.Jeremy.Tanisha.Tamir.Jaron.Kayla.Walter.Jordan.Dante.
Akai.Laquan.Miriam.Stephon.Mike.Joe.Sam.Freddie.Earl.John.Paul.Keith.Henry.
Richard.Anthony.Kendrick.Everett.Kwame.Raymond.Rumain.Victor.Ahmaud.
Antron.Kevin.Korey.Yusef.Kaleif.Albert.Nathson.Jerome.Huwe.George.
Andrew.Ransom.Alfred.Christopher.De’Von.Julius.Lamonte.
Gregory.Jamarion.Ryan.Brandon.Jimmy.Rekia.Shannon.
Mark.Willie.Jemel.DeAndre.Robert.Dejuan.
Wendell.Clifford.Hubert.Samuel.Patrick.
Jonathan.Danny.Delano.
Maurice.Johnathan.
Breonna
Above are just a few of the names of the m any men and women who died before their time.
The one thing they all shared - deep rich skin c olor.
Beneath the depth of their skin,
was a valuable and worthy soul which dwelled wi thin.