The Brooklyn Chronicles, Inc., is a lifestyle blog that promotes Peace & Love. Encouraging healthy lifestyle, from relationships to good nutrition. Barbara interviews and uplifts Brooklynites that have experienced some of life's most adverse circumstances. Connection with another person in any capacity that is positive is priceless! Barbara teaches through her own personal experiences in love, loss and adversity. She focuses on the importance of self-love, while emphasizing that deep connection with the Creator, God, Jesus, and the Spirit are key to liberation from all of the chains that bind us. The ultimate result is a happy and joyful life free of baggage.
Barbara A. Crooks graduated from St. John's University (Queens Campus) in 2005 with a B.A. in Sociology. She enjoys promoting and encouraging healthy positive relationships that are built on love. She understands that the key to loving another unconditionally is to 1st love, know, and accept oneself wholeheartedly. The journey to loving oneself isn't always easy and one may encounter many obstacles along the way. She offers advice through her own experiences, which she hopes will assist readers on their journey. She is a loving mother of three beautiful & bright children. Barbara was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She now resides in Queens, New York with her children.
She
Speaks
Sitting here
thinking about all the red flags you said went up
My flags were
always white
Loving you
caused me so much pain
Apologies
Today I just
feel meh
Meh in the way
that I lost
I was chasing
you
You were chasing
her
She was chasing
you
But when I
turned around, I realized that no one was chasing me
From cereal to
heartache
Scattered pieces
to dry tear ducts
Promises of
unbroken friendship
Lies of
undeniable hatred
The thin lines
There’s a win to
every lose
The Lessons were
worth the pain
The Joy always outweighed
the Rain
I’m still crazy
and you’re still out of your mind
The irony of my
all
No part for me
in, “Moody’s Mood for Love”.
Can you really
lose what you never had?
Best thing…
Bright Lights
only know light, even when it’s dark
I release you
from my heart in love & light
The key to my
heart wasn’t in your locket
For now, I’ll
put it back in my safe box for safe keeping
I wish you
lifelong happiness
A new white
chapter is beginning for you
Mine is still
unwritten
Much Luv,
Another solid effort and filled with so much emotion. Not to mention the amount of "read between the lines" within your poem that makes me want to read over and over again. I like the way you express yourself from beginning to end. I especially enjoyed where you stated how your flags were always white, the thin lines, and how the lessons were worth the pain.
ReplyDeleteBravo.
Hi Don:
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasure reading your comment has been! This is my vision when I write. That a reader will connect and nail it the way that you have! This poem is so precious to me. It is definitely one that I will have framed. My hope was to write it with Love, Forgiveness, & Understanding.
When you truly love a person, a thing an animal you have to release it {them}. You have to be thankful for the time you were given and you have to take what you learned from them and apply it. This is how we grow, how we get better. It's ok to hurt, to mourn and to even be confused. But when the moment comes, when you fully trust God, and when you're ready to take that big step of letting go; I believe it must be done with Love & Light.
Thank you graciously for reading!
Much Luv,
~BC~
"This is how we grow, how we get better."
ReplyDeleteWholeheartedly agreed.