I AM...





I  AM...


I am a proud African woman 
Aflame abroad and beyond
Igniting souls to reach within for their inner beauty.

I am a wild flower,
even in beauty,there resides 
thorns with which to face the world.

I am free, 
having been set free from the turmoils of my mind.
But even in freedom, I can never be free until 
I am free to be uniquely expressive and positively enact change.

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