Storm You Can't Last

I refuse to let this storm come through my life trying to separate me from the dry land that I once lived on. Even with strong winds, a powerful voice, and a dislike for my existence, I will continue to tell this storm to move away and stop trying to destroy my happiness because it will not succeed. Bitterness and unhappiness have fueled its storm to continue to spew in the air, as it sits back and enjoys the division that is currently taking place. One day, the sun will be bright in the sky as the clouds move apart from hiding it. Negativity will be absent from my life and I will be able to have my life back, but until that day I will continue to sing I Told The Storm.

I Told The Storm Lyrics

I Told the Storm

Even though your winds blow

I want you to know

You cause no alarm

Cause I'm safe in his arms

Even though your rain falls

I can still make this call;

Let there be peace

Now I can say go away

I command you to move today

Because faith I have a new day

The sun will shine - I will be okay

That's what I told the storm!

I told the storm to pass

Storm you can't last

Go away - I command you to move today

Storm - when God speaks;

Storm - you've got to cease

That's what I told storm!

Winds stop blowing!

Floods stop flowing!

Lightning stop flashing!

Breakers stop dashing!

Darkness go away!

Clouds move away!

That's what I told the storm!

Death can't shake me!

My job can't make me!

Bills can't break me!

Disease can't take me!

Enemies can't drown me!

Cause my Gods surrounds me!

That's what I told the storm!

In Memory of You...

R.I.P. Papoose

I never met you, but I know that I loved you for the time you spent in my mother's womb. The joy that I heard from her voice when she spoke of the strong heartbeat that she heard during the ultrasound. We were blessed to know of your presence for the last two months, but the Lord has decided to bring you back to sit amongst the angels in heaven. You will never be forgotten and always be a member of our family. We love you so much and one day, we will meet face-to-face in the heavenly place, but as far now I just wanted to say that "I love you so much and thanks for teaching us about the impact of life!"

Branded: The Search for my Identity

Brand: n. a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.

The search for identity has always been an interesting plight. From birth, our identity has been dictated to us because of our gender - girls must wear pink bows in their hair and play with Barbies, while boys must be fearless and be a star player on some sporting team. It's said that our identity is discovered in adolescence, but I'm not certain about this conclusion for I look at my college peers and discover that they are still on the quest to find who they really are.

From the friends that associate with to the organizations, they are clueless about who they are. Many times they allow their peer groups or organizations to define them and are still unable to separate the real versus ideal self. This is because they become branded to the world that has made them an imitation of what they wish they really were.

Think about those "secret societies" that force individuals to lose their sense of self to become a clique of lost souls who are unable to find themselves. From the colors they are required to wear or the name change that takes place they are stripped of their real name to be identified as someone else. How can you take my name from me and call me what you want me to answer to as if I'm a reincarnation of myself no longer holding on the ideals and values that I once held.

I'm not bashing these organizations, but just curious to know how many people honestly know yourself and identity prior or do you allow it to define you because you had no sense of yourself before.

Who were you before and who are you now? If these answers to these questions are different, do some soul searching and find out who you really are.