Veterans In Arms

You lost me,
You lost me the minute
you found out where I am from.
I could see it in your eyes...
Fear.

Fear of my roots.
You fear the "who" of decades past,
Not the person I am today,
or the places I'll head to tomorrow?

You judge me for a past,
A past that was not mine
...to control.

The events that we've all
but forgotten have led me
to this moment in time,
It is helping me to cross a
threshold of a door you've
closed on me once too often.

Our Time Is NOW.

Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deep

Some girls are Beautiful but don't know it...

I am not one of them...
No matter how many times you tell me I am...
Some days I don't, But most days I am not...
It's just the way it goes...
I can carry on about it all day long, But you don't deserve that...
So I won't