My Aunts Sweet Potato Pie

They say all you need is the right ingredients for a sweet potatoe pie,

a little sugar, a little spice, & some buttermilk to make it right,

I say all you need is my Aunt Jean, a bingo win, & a Jeri Curl,

Those are my ingredients with every taste of her pies & it made me thrilled inside,

& with every bite I could smell her good wholesome grace,

but unfortunately no sweet potato pie can sustain my aunts place,

No more house dresses, or yelling to get out the kitchen,

No more runs to the store or filling baskets to un-proportioned positions,

No more Thanksgivings with a table filled with dishes,

& No more coming home from College awaiting my favorite pie,

But one thing I can say is she has given me the spirit to bake & create,

Its a blessing she passed down a legacy of cooking to me,

Now she is in Glory,

& My family is in hurt,

But her sweet potato pie will forever be a rememberance on this earth....

By: Teque'lia Lewis (R.I.P AUNT JEAN)

My Poetry- "OUR FAILURE"

BY: TEQUELIA AKA @BARBIETILA

EDUCATION IS THE ENLIGHTENMENT,
BUT OUR MINDS ARE BLOCKED FROM SOCITIES INDICTMENT,
ONCE A GIFT TO LEARN & WRITE,
NOW A FOREGRANTED STRUGGLE FOR OUR GENERATIONS LIFE,
WHAT ABOUT OUR ANCESTORS WHO LONGED TO ACHIEVE,
WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS & REASONONINGS TO BELIEVE,
BUT NOT OUR GENERATION, WE ARE FILLED WITH A MATERIALISTIC DISEASE,
BUY THIS & WEAR THAT, SETTLE FOR WELFARE & STAY RECESSION TRAPPED,
NOT OUR MINDS, BUT OUR WILL THAT IS LACKED,
ATLEAST THEREOF MOMENTARILY , UNTIL THE NEST RACIST INCIDENT IS ARISEN,
THEN WE CLAIM THE WHITES ARE WHY WE FAIL IN OUR BLACK INSTITUTIONS,
WE ARE A SOCIETY, A PEOPLE, A RACE GIVING UP ON OUR POWER TO LEARN THROUGH MISGUIDED THREADS,
WHICH IS MUSIC & TELEVISIONS HUNGER FOR MISGUIDED TRENDS,
AND OUR GENERATION THEN GIVES IN!
WAS IT NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS RAPED & SLAVED,
WAS IT NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER WHIPPED & BEATEN TO HIS GRAVE,
THEN WHY ARE YOU UNAPPRECIATIVE TO THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU?
THE ONE TORN, RIPPED, AND SHREADED FROM YOUR HANDS BY THOSE WHO IGNORED YOU!
ONLY TO DISTORT THE VIEW THAT YOU ARE BLACK & A STRIKE IS GIVEN,
THEY TELL YOU TO GIVE UP & LET THE GOVT. HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS,
WHILE THE SUPERIOR GETS AN EDUCATION & BECOMES THE NATIONS MASTER,
YET YOU LAUGH AT THEIR POSTIONS, WHEN IN REALITY YOUR THE GOVTS. LAUGHTER,
SO I SAY TO OUR FAILURE, TO OUR PEOPLE & CULTURE,
DO NOT BE BLINDED BY RANDOM & UNFRUITFUL THINGS,
BUT BE ENLIGHTENED THROUGH EDUCATIONS PATH TO BEGINNINGS....

SHALL I FEAR OR SIN....

LIFE WAS NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED, FOR YOU HAVE BEEN GRANTED A CHANCE AT LIFE BY GOD...WE FEAR THINGS GOD TELL US NOT TO AND WE LOVE THINGS THAT SINFULLY APPEAL TO US. BUT WHAT LIFE WOULD BE WITHOUT SUCH SIN IS PERFECT. PERFECTION IS NOT WHAT WE SEEK. ITS LESSONS WE MUST LEARN BEFORE ENTERING THE HOLY GATE TO EVERLASTING LIFE. SO I SAY TO YOU, IS IT FEAR YOU WANT OR SIN YOU LUST? THOSE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN THE PATH ONLY LEAD TO NOWHERE. SEAS DRIFT MANY WAYS, THOUGH LAND ONLY SENDS YOU IN A CIRCLE BACK TO WHERE YOU BEGAN. LIFE IS NEVER TO MUCH TO HANDLE AND DEATH IS NEVER TO FAR TO REACH. BE ENCOURAGED!!! KEEP GOD FIRST