No matter how mad or hurt she was, she still loved him. It was a truth she loathed but it was still a fact.
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A Different Breed
Katrina: I need someone to ride.
A Different Breed
Part 5: Instagram Stalking Isn’t on the Syllabus The last weeks of May went by in a blur. Katrina did what she did best; teach. She welcomed the lecture days taking pride in teaching African American Literature to her pupils, opening their minds to a word of literary works that were usually foreign to them…
A Different Breed
Part 4: What Would Stella Payne Do? In the past, Katrina dated for one sole purpose. Marriage. Although her mother was only present for a few years of her life, those years made a big impression on the choices she made for her life. To be a wife and mother, in that order, had been…
A Different Breed
Part 3: One Constant One constant. Since the age of twelve, Katrina was the opposite of stable. It wasn’t because she had a bad upbringing. From the outside looking in, most people would assume she had the perfect childhood and an enviable teenhood. Every Christmas the tree was cluttered with mounds of gifts just for her….
A Different Breed
Part 2: Broken Promises Katrina’s thoughts took on a mind of their own once her eyes slid over the embossed author’s name on the book she held. She’d been at Imani’s bookstore Word Lust, which was a good walking distance from campus, for the last handful of minutes. Lingering in the two-story store that was a popular…
A New Creation
Two uniquely different individuals Became one His body was hers Her body was his His failures were hers Her struggles were his His gains were her’s and they melded their love into an imperishable fortress That made the walls of Jericho envious. Time brought upon its trials Battering their stone barrier Threatening the pull them…
Star Gazing
Out of reach Way up high He stared at her Like she was the only star In the midnight sky When all she longed for Was the oration of his voice Feel his illumination And Sizzle from his spark But time had pushed them apart Creating light years of space During their orbit Their constellation…
Her
All she wore was a smile His favorite cloth Woven from good intentions He was ready to get lost in her kingdom Devour her ecstasy Swim in her lake Bathe in her waterfall Drown in her oasis Hunt for the key that unlocked the door to her fortress Vacation in her paradise Seek asylum in…
Peppermint Sunshine 