The Cocoa

Do Not Give Up

School can be frustrating
Please don't give up
Just one more step
You will be grown-up
You have to stay focused
Be committed to yourself
The achievements in life 
Are not about anyone else
Times can get hard 
There are many challenges you may face
The school bullies
Your studies
The deadlines
Your mind is all over the place
Never be afraid to go and seek help
We can not always do everything
By ourselves
Stay encouraged
Think positive
Push negativity out of your way
Just know every time you wake up
It is another new day

Just a word of encouragement for students. Do Not Give Up On yourself. Some people will not encourage you to move forward.  There are times we have to motivate ourselves. We all get in our little funks. Do not wallow in it. A new day tomorrow just press forward.

Who Told You To Be Strong

Who told you to be strong 

When you are not okay

It is okay to cry 

let those bad feelings go away 

Who told you to hold your head up 

When you are feeling down

It is okay to cry 

You do not have to hold inside

Who told you to be strong

Smiling, but your smile is not real

Who told you to be strong 

It is okay to feel what you feel

You are not wrong 

For not being strong

We have to deal with pain 

Before we move on 

And when someone says 

Stay strong 

Just know that it is okay

Not to be strong today.

© Sheltial Green 

I Prayed

 I prayed for a man 

But he was not praying for me

My vision was blurry

But now I can see

The painful lessons....rejection

The shield- My hearts protection

Self-love

I choose me

My peace

© Sheltial Green

My Journey

I no longer have to pretend

I am now free

I have a new walk

My new journey

My new path following Love

My new path hope

My new path boundaries

My new path Spiritual Elevation

I have faith in me 

I no longer have to pretend

Every date has an end 

My journey has just now begin

© Sheltial Green

Invisible Woman

I am invisible to you
But I want you to see me
My heart only beats for you
I want you to feel me
The tears running down my face
Let's switch places
Time is running out
Although I question myself daily
Who am I
The invisible woman
I Only want you to see me
I only asked for your heart
I only want to be happy.
As the tears continue to fall
And my mind on replay
I looked in the mirror
I see myself slowly fading away
No real hugs or kisses
You give only in sex
You have no time for me
I am just asking for happiness
The invisible woman
Until I was able to see
The things I tolerated
I was not loving me
All of the pain and the hurt
Not knowing my worth
Settling for anything
But I now know what I deserve
Invisible woman
No more I can see
No more hurt No more pain
Pe...

The Cocoa

I Am Not My Hair

I know you don't care
But I can tell when you stare 
I say to you I am not my hair
To say that you're not judgemental
But judging my physical instrumentals
Yes I am very proud of my nappy roots
Because I don't show them when you want me to dispute
Who I am 
How I feel about me
The essence within thee
My heritage
How I feel about my skin
My deep rooted melanin
Never taking the time to dig beneath
Your on top 
I'm under the sheets
Because I buy this hair
That I love to wear
That means I am ashamed of me
Wrong person 
That's your stupidity
Love me inside out 
Not outside then in 
My energy 
My abnormality
Eyes watching 
Eyes judging me 
Flee
I overstand what you say
I agree to disagree
I am black 
I a...

My Black Sister

You tried to turn me against her
But my love will forever uplift her
I love her
She is my beautiful black sister
She is the single mom
She is the married lady
She is the ones that some call crazy
She pushes out carry and delivers your babies
She is my Beautiful black sister
Her life is at times seems so complex
She is a black woman she demands respect
She stands upright even when she is down
With tears, my black sister holds onto her black crown
My beautiful black sister
When you call her a ...it's your arrogance defense
Just to look good to your homies... it's your ignorance
I will still love her
My Beautiful black sister
Some of these women have been mentally abused and physically raped
So some of them are full of self-hate
They only know sex mental emotional and physical abuse
So many don't know what her blackness has b...

Are We Living

Are we living

No, we're dying

Drug popping and pistol buying

What kind of seeds are being sown

When taking lives to become our own

Who's raising our kids

The street of death And the lifetime bids

Father's absence from the home

Mother's don't care they are street gone

Out searching for Mr Wrong

Wondering what he has going on

No more talking, no peace, nothing left

A sentence of street death

Falling tears ...still weeping

Sleep and still sleeping

When do we awake?

From the violence of self-hate

Outraged when we see others take from us

Taking a trip on that murderous bus

Not uniting

But constantly fighting

Hate consumed Crimes unjustifiable

Less Hate

More love

More peace

Minds at ease

Ignorance ceased