Still Shining Poem by Kandayia Ali

Despite what I have been through in my life some things, no one will ever know cause I choose to keep them inside. Some things that I have trapped deep down, are now getting harder to hide. No matter what I'm feeling, no matter good or bad, there is something that's stronger than I 'think' I am. Something that now, I have to come to realize that I've always had.. My strength, and it comes out when I think all is lost, it shows itself at any cost; any given time, any given place, it's never afraid to show it's face. I'm fortunate cause I thought that I was burned out, I had no intentions of surviving this spiritual drought. This drought that had left me heartless, and empty, but now, I have the strength to move in a better direction. With strength I have plenty room to grow and become what I desire to be. I'll give my all, standing tall, regardless of the things that have kept me down.

As bad as I want to sometimes, it's hard for me to just sit and frown. I have to take that energy and redirect it to something worth wild. If I only knew about this as a child, I would have used it a long time ago, but I now know that everything has it's season; the strength to do it was always there, I just needed a good reason to pick up the pieces and make my own puzzle. With the help of the Almighty, I'm constantly in meditation with The Cosmos- both daily and nightly. I now have the strength to face another day, with the day before, now, behind me, and I don't mind what I didn't do then, or said, or the thoughts I had in my head- because whatever it was, I'm still living today. Because I have that honor of doing so, I'm going to do what has to be done, in order to make this day shine!