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Ground Zero
God you have met me exactly where I am Yesterday during worship, I cried out to you in prayer With eyes closed, hear open and mouth...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 16, 20241 min read
before i let go, kennedy ryan
I wonder if I'll always look for you ... but i know i will i left i ran in the dark where i could not see nor breathe i ran away. i'm now...
Raven C. Waters
Jun 5, 20241 min read
Where They Lie | Joe Hart
Joe Hart | 2023 | Book What an incredible plot line. A deep dive into the behind the scenes of a YouTube vlogging family, the facades...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 28, 20231 min read
The Wind Knows My Name | Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende | 2023 | Book This book was phenomenal!!! Allende's writing somewhat reminded me of Jodi Piccoult, in that there were...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 28, 20234 min read
THANK YOU.
Destiny. Lamar. Jenny. Dr. Hughes. Jitterbug. Daddy. JBB. Tiari. David. Kat. Butler. Thank you for getting me through. Thank you TJO....
Raven C. Waters
Oct 26, 20231 min read
daisy's on the patio
I didn't want a photo I thought I'd come back when the sun was shining on her and we'd capture that not her frail hand holding me tight...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 12, 20231 min read
Reyna for Rayven 05.23.2023
day after the accident confused what had I gotten myself into? --- first lay out --- seeing a theme of energy maybe coming up from the...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 8, 20237 min read
07.07.2015
a year before I met you years before I memorized your birthday I wrote a note to myself a month after graduating high school I'd been...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 7, 20231 min read
Born a Crime | Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah | 2016 | Book I knew as soon as she released it, Elaine's book was for me. Released in 2019, her book tour was my first...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 5, 202310 min read
born a crime
His ending caught me - The need to walk away. The knowing that I can not stay here And if I do I will die Spiritually first Physically...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 3, 20232 min read
juju bean
Juju I love you. So wild to look around my space and see sweet photos of us big smiles all love twin flame -- thank you. you. the...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 1, 20231 min read
burnt sienna
i'd like to take the time out to say fuck you miss. shit head an empty vessel - closed chapter -
Raven C. Waters
Sep 28, 20231 min read
9.28.2023
"no ambition" said by a "man I love" want to love so the hurt could be better understood my sensitivity explained encapsulated by the...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 28, 20231 min read
Prayer for the Living | Ben Okri
Ben Okri | 2019 | Book BEST BOOK I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME!!!! Okri Words I Loved... * This was borrowed from the BK library so I couldn't...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Sold | Patricia McCormick
Patricia McCormick | 2006 | Book For a very long time, I considered this my favorite book of all time. I read it as a young girl in...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 26, 20233 min read
Since Always
It's so interesting to now orient myself as a writer To be vocal in ownership of a secret I've held close for so long albeit not the best...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 22, 20231 min read
It Ends With Us
This is what y'all were obsessing over during quarantine? A book about domestic abuse? Like, be fa' real .... wtf is wrong with yall? The...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Besidone
I pray I find you. That tonight delivers us and me, the letter. I pray that our lives connect That you see the truth and hunger in my eyes
Raven C. Waters
Sep 16, 20231 min read
Brooklyn Library
I'm a people watcher. Since I was child - I'd stare. Deep curiosity to the life we're all experiencing in such different ways. I decided...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 8, 20231 min read
The Urgent Life
Bozoma Saint John | 2023 | Book Similar to Welteroth, I discovered Bozoma Saint John through the digital marketing she was doing for this...
Raven C. Waters
Sep 6, 20232 min read
More Than Enough | Elaine Welteroth
Elaine Welteroth| 2019 | Book I knew as soon as she released it, Elaine's book was for me. Released in 2019, her book tour was my first...
Raven C. Waters
Mar 17, 202310 min read
stake the claim
Perhaps it's the night sweats the upset stomach fractured sleeping pattern deep belly cries or the string of pain from uterus to heart...
Raven C. Waters
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Church Basement Thrift Shops
26 Maybe 15 years later About 12 since I noticed Now I understand The indifference towards the excitement of rummaging through racks of...
Raven C. Waters
Mar 16, 20231 min read
mochizuki
my heart is hurting and im paying attention calling out when it aches looking her directly in the eyes your words your eyes your body...
Raven C. Waters
Jan 26, 20232 min read
Home | Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison | 2012 | Book The necessity of it all To return to community for full body healing The need for the sun to call on gods to...
Raven C. Waters
Jan 14, 20233 min read
forever?
"You'll be fine .. I know, I trust you'll be okay" That's been the universal response to me since I was child A cop-out An easy way to...
Raven C. Waters
Jan 8, 20231 min read
Blackout
Lightheaded Blurred vision Hesitant steps I freeze my body Allow my spirit to swim As my hands grip the doorway Sending a gentle reminder...
Raven C. Waters
Jan 6, 20231 min read
The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris
Zakiya Dalila Harris | Novel | 2021 WOW This novel was admittedly a bit hard to stay connected to because i was so confused about the...
Raven C. Waters
Jan 2, 20232 min read
Downsizing | Alexander Payne
Downsizing Dir. Alexander Payne | 2017 Film "Suburban couple Paula and Audrey decide to have themselves shrunk to tiny size and relocated...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Child of a Hoarded Home
It's similar. We're similar. So the empathy is wrapped in fear. In knowing... it could be me. In knowing that you don't have parents to...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 24, 20222 min read
The Prologue
Prior to arriving in Barbados, I went to Politics and Prose to pick up a few books. Out of the five, I've read two. After every ending,...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 24, 20222 min read
How It Feels to be Colored | Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston | 1928 | Short Story ftd. in Glory Edim's On Girl-Hood "So far as my feelings are concerned, Peggy...has nothing on...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Reena | Paule Marshall
Paule Marshall | 1962 | Short Story ftd. in Glory Edim's On Girl-Hood I am so happy I encountered this text. I've never heard of Paule...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 23, 20224 min read
On Girl-Hood | Glory Edim
Glory Edim's On Girl-Hood | 2021| Book Fifth Sunday by Rita Dove | 1985 I didn't really understand this story too much. Especially when I...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 20, 20225 min read
The Richer, The Poorer | Dorothy West
Dorothy West | 1995 | Short Story ftd. in Glory Edim's On Girl-Hood In the title story; The Richer, the poorer – two sisters who have...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 20, 20222 min read
Recitatif | Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison | 1982 | Short Story ftd. in Glory Edim's On Girl-Hood "Recitatif" is Toni Morrison's first published short story. It was...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 19, 20223 min read
33. You, Who Show the Way
staring at the dark sky as sariyah rolled fighting tears a strong, deep hysterical cry where are my parents? dad. daddy why cant you...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 17, 20223 min read
We've made Art
Hours flew by - two pages read, two word searches One journal entry One album I needed the silence the space the solitude the...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 17, 20221 min read
God Help the Child | Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison | 2015 | Book how long had childhood trauma hurtled him away from the rip and wave of life? (174) Unclear if it's also our...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 15, 20227 min read
☼ 11.07.2022 Weekly Round-Up ☼
I've been taking an intentional, physical account of what I'm consuming and interacting with. These weekly #IntentionalRays , as well as...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 14, 20222 min read
☼ 10.31.2022 Weekly Round-Up ☼
I've been taking an intentional, physical account of what I'm consuming and interacting with. These weekly #IntentionalRays , as well as...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 3, 20223 min read
A Jazzman's Blues | Tyler Perry
A Jazzman's Blues Dir. Tyler Perry | 2022 Film (*Bolded indicates not my words*) If you watch nothing else, please watch the scene at 56...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 3, 20222 min read
I didn't quit for anything
It's been a remarkable journey in this stillness Over 10 years I've worked consistently rooted in the need for money then the greed for...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 3, 20221 min read
Current Wellness Routine
â—¦ Physical + Face mask - Shea Moisture African Black Soap Clarifying Mud Mask â—¦ Vitamins + + *Been taking these for two weeks now & can...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Dir. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | 2019 Film (*Bolded indicates not my words*) 2:18 "White boys are...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Freeflow, re: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I am, Film
Did I know? Before my mother unionized me with Brea, saying we were different than the other girls. I didn't I don't understand Alexis...
Raven C. Waters
Nov 1, 20222 min read
That's My Guy
Undoubtedly one of my favorite feelings is when my nephew sees me. I am crying right now at the deep understanding he has of my immense...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 27, 20221 min read
In Reaction
I just read through my "I don't have an engaging title" entry. Written years ago in reaction to the realization I had to take a necessary...
Raven C. Waters
Oct 25, 20222 min read
merry christmas peggy.
You dont know what is like to be unloved, truly unloved, until you are. And it's not all or nothing osmetimes. Sometimes it's someone...
Raven C. Waters
Dec 23, 20201 min read
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