Poems by Dami

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“What is poetry?
To see the world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour”— William Blake

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Boxes

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

Stuffed up in a box
Is a pretty porcelain doll
With the prettiest face
And a priceless value

But no one sees her
And knows her worth
Because she chooses to remain
Stuffed up in a box

Until she decides
To break out of the box,
She’ll remain hidden
And lose her worth

She has her doubts
She has her worries
She feels she’s not enough
She doesn’t know she’s priceless

Break out of your boxes
Throw away your doubts
Take that leap of faith
This is not your place

You’re needed at the palace

© warrior queen, 2024
Positive confessions

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

What is death to an Immortal?
What is gloom to the angels?
What is affliction to the saints above?
What is darkness to the sun?
What is a boundary to the heavens?

What is misfortune to me?
I know not such
What is bad luck to me?
It doesn’t exist
What is sadness to my family?
It’s not in our dictionary
For we have a God that never fails

© warrior queen, 2024
Pretty Fat

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

Posted a new picture online
I posed with a pretty smile
Added a hot insta caption
Felt a bit high for some time
Had reactions here and there
Both on IG and on Snap
Thought I looked real pretty
Till someone called me fat

At first, I waved it off my mind
But like a silent haunting ghost
It crept and rested in my heart
I checked myself out in the mirror
“Am I really fat?”

I started looking for the areas
Where I could have had some fat
I didn’t see that pretty smile anymore
I didn’t see that smooth complexion
All I saw was a fat sad girl

And so, I took some measures
Worked out, dieted
Tried on baggy clothes
But like a stubborn bell,
It kept ringing loud
That someone called me fat

It took a while to realize
That it all in my head
Suffered an eating disorder
To please the internet?
I can’t be perfect you see
But I can be real
I’ll stuff my face with junk
Coz that’s just being me
I can’t be someone who I’m not
And fat is who I am

Of course I’m fat
And I don’t mind
I’ve got my smile
And I’ll take pictures with pride

© warrior queen, 2024
Bond thinker

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

Do you really own your thoughts?
Those voices in your head,
Are they really yours?
This your mind,
Do you have control?

Thoughts are quite powerful
I must say
They border on our minds
Till they are reality

You seem to keep the gates
Wide open
For any thoughts to come and go
You have no filters
It is a free land

You lie to yourself
Say you’re a free thinker
You just don’t know
You are a bond thinker
We all are.

Thoughts, you see
Are a reflection
Of what society tells us
Of what we see around us

You think you like roses?
It’s because everyone else likes roses
And so, you think it over and over
Till it becomes a part of you

You think you hate something?
It’s because society does
And so, you think it over and over
Till it becomes your reality

You think the thoughts
Society says you should
You think the thoughts
Sponsored by demons
Where is the space
For thoughts from the Lord?

No one is really a free thinker
We all are bond thinkers
The question now is,
Who or what sponsors your thoughts?

© warrior queen, 2024
A bed of roses: Wish for 2024

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

You say, “Life is not a bed of roses”
But you see,
Life has always been a bed of roses
Roses have petals and thorns
It just depends
On whether your bed is made of petals
Or thorns.

Some have always had it easy
Never pricked a finger on a thorn
Never had to struggle
Might have encountered a little thorn
But their life is still a bed of roses
Only,
They have more petals than thorns

Some did not always have it easy
Had a bed made of thorns
Always had to worry
Always had to struggle
Might have enjoyed the scent of petals
But their life is still a bed or roses
Only,
They have more thorns than petals

And now, I make a wish today
May we have more petals
Than we have thorns
May we bask in the sweet scent
Of tender rose petals
And even if we do get thorns,
May our petals provide consolation
May we have it easier this year.

© warrior queen, 2024
Privileged

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Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

How easy it is
To make up the rules
When you’re not one of the masses
How easy it is
To cast the first stone
When you’re not the one being tried
How easy it is
To make a judgement
When you’re not the one facing the sanctions
How easy it is
To exercise authority
When you’re the privileged

© warrior queen, 2023
Myopic

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Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Writing

It’s easy to trip
When you’re myopic
Coz you can’t see the road clearly
And everything looks blurry
Simply because you’re myopic

I’ve always thought that
Humans are myopic
Because of our inability
To see ahead of time
Not even a second ahead

We don’t know what will
Happen the next minute
We try to predict
But there’s actually no certainty

We work so hard
So that we can have
Some measure of control
Over the future
Hoping that somehow,
We’d be able to run without falling

But our myopia
Sweeps us off our feet
At the event of the unprecedented
It’s our myopia
That stops us from seeing
The bigger picture

© warrior queen, 2023
My happy New Year starts now

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

The year is almost ending
And I’m flipping through my records
Feels like something is missing.
Only a few achievements
And quite a lot of failing
Well, failure is a part of my success story
Been waiting for the right season
That seems to never come
Should I wait till next year
Before I make that turn?

My happy new year starts now
I’ll make new resolutions in November
And start new projects in December
It’s not too late or too early
To get a little green check mark
On my records
My happy new year starts now

© Warrior Queen, 2023
The Push to do Better

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Christian living, Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

“The Push to do better
Comes from within”
Or does it?
Here I am, quietly sitting in my room
Checking the latest on WhatsApp
When my mother walks in
She sits on the edge of my bed.
“Do you know…” she begins
“…that mama James’ son
has traveled abroad?”
I nod my head slowly
Knowing there is more to be said
“James is now abroad
and he will come back with
plenty money to take care of his mother”
She folds her hands dramatically
Walls to the door
Pauses
And faces me again
“You’d better not waste your life doing rubbish!
You must do better”
Finally she exits and leaves me to my thoughts
And my mind is once again
Troubled like a sea during a storm
“I have to do better”
The words of my mother
Ring repeatedly in my head
And it has become my life mantra.
“I have to do better”

I have come to realize
That the push to do better
Often comes from pressures
We feel outside
From our parents, teachers, society
The push to do better
Is basically our fear
Out fear of disappointing
The expectations we place on ourselves
Which are birthed
From what we think the society expects
From us

“I have to do better ”
It resounds so loudly in my head
That I do not acknowledge what I have already acheived
As any form of success
It’s like a neverending race
Without a finish line in sight
“You built a house?”
“Your mates have built three”
“You just got married?”
“Your mates have had children ”
It’s all this evil comparisons

Yes, I have to do better
But this push to do better
Will come from within
That is, my desire to be successful
On my own terms
My desire to self actualize
My desire to pursue my dreams
My desire to discover and fulfill my life purpose
Not what the society desires
My push to do better comes from within.
© Warrior Queen, 2023

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The Picture

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Inspiration, Motivation, Poetry, Women, Writing

Skillfully, the painter sets up his canvas
A big stroke here
A little one there
A splash of color
A trace of black
A straight line up
And a wavy one down

I have one idea
What the picture will look like
It all seems
Like chaos now
But in a little bit
It will all make sense
And I know that
There’s a beautiful picture
Waiting to be unveiled.
© Warrior Queen, 2023