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Dignity

Alice’s Words~ By Yvonnie S. Kunkeyani

Alice was the first woman
who told me I am beautiful.

We sat across from each other,
and she looked at me and asked,
“Do you know you are beautiful?”
Before I could answer Alice, she
she smiled and said,
“You are beautiful.
Don’t let anyone else make you feel otherwise.
Especially boys.
If they make you doubt it…

Condemnation~ By Jessica Nsude

“Words unsaid, scenes unfold, secrets untold, in his eyes we behold”.

Partner in crime, you made me.
What a beautiful way to frame it.
With me on the cover page,
In a newspaper? In this time and age?

What use is information written on paper?
Till you went on and made it public!

Now the streets…

Poisoning Myself With Hatred~ By Senselina Guriras

I finally realized that I poisoned myself with hatred,
Because I hated everyone and everything I set my eyes on.

Hatred took my dignity,
It took away the beauty within me
And it all cost me my life.

Because of hatred,
I ran away from reality,
I couldn’t face it anymore.
Hatred penetrated my heart with its…