Eight

Not To Forgive
Is To Be Imprisoned By The Past

By Old Grievances

That Do Not Permit

Life To Proceed

With New Business

To Yield Oneself

To Another's

Control

To Be Locked 

Into A Sequence

Of Act And Response

Of Outrage and Revenge

Tit For Tat

Escalating Always

The Present Is Endlessly

Overwhelmed And Devoured

By The Past

Forgiveness 

Frees

The Forgiver

It Extracts Them

From Someone Else's

Nightmare 

The Mer-Ka-Ba, The Human Lightbody

Mer-Ka-Ba - The Throne Of God And Chariot, A Vehicle That Carries
The Human Body And Spirit
From One Place To Another

You Can Re-Create It With Love And Faith Alone

Love Is More Than Just Necessary; Love Is
The Very Life Of The Mer-Ka-Ba.

Yes Mer-Ka-Ba Is Alive

It Is Nothing Less Than You
And You Are
Alive 

The Mer-Ka-Ba Is Not Something
Separate From You
It Is You

It Is The Energy Lines That Allow Life-Force Energy
The Prana, The Chi, To Flow Into You 

And From You Back To God (Universe)
It Is Your Very Connection
To God (Universe)

It Is What Links
You And God (Universe)
Together As One 

Love
If Half Of The Light
That Is Swirling Around 

Knowledge
Is The Other
Half

When Love And Knowledge
Become As
One 

The Universe
Will Be Present
Always! 

~* The Flower Of Life 

Repetitive
Dead End
Thought's & Behaviorism

Embodying
Either Side
Of A Spectrum

Mammalian - Reptilian
Chemically Electromagnetic
Induced Abyss

Neuroplasticity
Understanding
Shifts

The Road Less Traveled
Purgatory's
Gift

© LaToya S. C. 


Western Culture

You've Convinced 
Most
Of My People


To Live Off Emotion

Do Anything
To Be Involved In Everything
Inclusion Is A Hell Of A Drug

Some People Have Everything
They Probably Ever Wanted In Life
And Never Have Enough 

Three

Ineffable

Undertakings 

Encrypted 

Flesh Of Melanin

Pigmentation

Sacred

Byways Of Blessedness 

Eclectic 

Messages

Written 
Out In The 
Open

Discernment 

Deciphers

Freedom
 Riders

Lack Potency

Caricatures Of

Sorcery

Desecration 
of Ancestral

Rites

Falsified Allegories 

For A Piece Of

Shaitan's 
Pie

All Seeing Eye

© LaToya S. C. 

Ebony Chick
Blacker
Than The Essence Fest

Behind The Back
Pass
So Effortless

I Am The Culture 

Second

Second Place Is Not A Defeat

It Is A Stimulation To Get Better
It Makes You Even More Determined

It's Very Hard At The Beginning To Understand That
The Whole Idea Is Not To Beat The Other Runners

Eventually, You Learn That  The
Competition Is Against The Little Voice Inside You
That Wants You To Quit

Don't Dream Of Winning

Train
For
It

Whenever
One Is Up Against
A Challenge

We Envision Ourselves
Victorious
In Advance

Believing Our Own Thoughts

Without Meeting
Or Seeing
The Other Side

In My
Minds
Eye

A Gold Medal Was Already Mine

 A 400-Meter Dash
Lead To
A Brash

Reality Check

Standing At 5'1
My Momentum
Was Undefeated

Until
Running Against
Someone Who Towered Over Me

In Size And Stature

I Was A Known
Sore Loser
So To Come In 2nd

My Teammates
Awaited My
Outburst

Never Receiving It...

Looking At
My Competition
Comparing Her Legs To Mine

I Said Aloud
Somewhat In A
Daze

No Matter How Good You Are
There Will Always Be
Someone Better

As I Accepted A Silver Medal
Which To Me Was The Equivalent
Of Being 1st

Instilled
A
Lesson

A Carry With Me
Until This
Day

Expect
The
Unexpected!

Life Has Provided Me With
Many Occurrences
Similar To A Race

And I Have
Ranked In Places
Lower Than Being Last

Jolting Me Into Action
Towards 
Elevation

I Am Grateful
For The Fact
Of Being Alarmed

Letting Me Know
I Am
Awake

The Beauty Of Being Alive


© LaToya S. C. 

You Won't Ever See Us Back Away
Til We Make The World See
That We Ain't Come To Play

This Is So Lil Girls
Dream Bigger
Than They Supposed To

The Marathon Continues 🏁

Seven

When The First Four Chakras Are Aligned 

Physical 

Emotional 

Mental 

Will 

You Go From

The Lower Self

To The Higher Self

Intuition

Soul 
Divine

Aiming Higher

Than Fight Or Flight

And Lower Desires

I am A Teacher

With A Message

From The

Ethers 

We've All Heard The Saying:
Hindsight Is
2020

Looking Back On Life
Helps One Make Sense
Of

Specific Dates & Time


The
Present Moment
Unwraps

Offering The Gift
Of
Understanding

A Journey
Towards
Sacred Geometry

Via

The Flower Of Life


© LaToya S. C.


Slip Into Your Thoughts
Know Your Heart
Know Your Essence

We Divine
By
Design 

Physical 

Emotional 

Mental 

Will 

Intuition

Soul 
Divine

Sky Blue - Transcendence

Turbulence Brewing

Tilted

Balance 

Towards The Left

Profanity Spewing

Inhale - Exhale 

Fixated

Breath

Heightened Emotions 

Render

Rationality - Foolish

Diluted Wit

Turns Into 

A Complimentary Toolkit 

Confrontational 

Fuses

Expose Of Users 

Hiding 

In Plain 

Sight

Gifted The Treasure

Of 

Seeing

What Lurks Beneath

The Naked 

Eye 

The Yearn 

To Banter Words

Is The Egotistical's

Torment   

Swallowed

Pride

Cannot Be Purchased 

Fortress

Of

Learning 

© LaToya S. C. 

Soul

It is my belief
All writers & creatives
Have a piece of themselves

Expressed
During the inception
Of discovering

Their innate abilities

That remains
At all 
Times

Resonating with their being

~*You Can't See Me*~

What makes you think

By looking at me

You can see who I am

You think by listening to my words

That you'll understand

You judge me by my actions

And the way that I speak

If that's what you're looking at

You can't see me

You can't feel what I feel

When I am alone

Can't see

What I've seen

Can't hear

What I've heard

You can't react

To the actions and decisions 

I've made

Can't feel when

I'm alone or afraid

You can't look at my appearance

And know what's within

If I let you inside

You wouldn't know where to begin

So don't pass judgement

And think 
you know me

Because I am a door

That is 
locked

And you do not

Have the 
key

© LaToya S. C. 


With age
I've expanded my
Vocabulary
Transcending obstacles & experiences
To grasp the concept of
Living

Understanding

Artistry Is Truth
 In Simplistic
 Form



Never claimed to be perfect
that's an impossible dream

I'm just saying I'm worth it

That's the responsible thing

Everyone in life has a gift, what one person is born with another may never grasp, therefore every human is a gift to each other. 

What you may not know and understand another may know everything about and can teach you what they know, and the only way to obtain such knowledge and gifts from others you have to stop, listen, and pay attention to what they are saying so they may give you the gift of understanding that they have within their selves. 

If you don't stop to listen to what others have to say into consideration you might as well be the only person alive. 

In other words by listening to others you might learn something you didn't already know or something you never thought of or about. 

By doing so

You get to see the world through someone else's eyes

And view point. 

Which will help and teach you

To learn and understand things in ways

Other than your own. 

Bookworm Life

Remembrance can be summoned 

to the forefront of our thoughts 

by an individual, sensation

or fragrance

One 

of my fondest memories

is associated with

Ulmer Park Branch - Brooklyn Public Library 

In the form of a book 

When new material is available to the public

A red sticker is placed on the binder 

letting readers know 

they have 7 Days

 before it is to be returned 

As I walked the halls
of Lafayette High school

engrossed in literary content 

I'm not sure if was full lips that graced the front cover

of a hardcover publication with 200+ pages

or the the name "Sister Souljah"

That garnered unwanted attention in my direction


Adolescent hecklers

Pointed their fingers, laughed or cracked jokes

at a fellow student immersed in anything

outside of the course material given to us by educators 

At a particular stage in puberty
Many adopt  the erroneous belief

There's strength in 

numbers

Assuming 

by coming together via group think

can stunt another's individuality 

Unaffected by clique's & their mentality 

 I knew I had a weeks time to finish 

the text that captivated me

By ignoring the perils 

of 

peer-pressure

A valuable lesson

was

learned:

Nonchalance 

can either incite rage

or confusion 

Those brave enough 

to step away from 

the crowd asked:

What are you reading?

Smiling

I handed over the object of ostracism 

allowing them to see the synopsis for themselves...

When interest is piqued

readers are

born  

Due to differences

What isn't naturally 

possessed by others

is attempted to be emulated or destroyed

Believing 

one can obtain or take away from 

outsiders

What already 

exists

within self

Idiosyncrasies

© LaToya S. C. 

Special Girl

Real Good Girl

Biggest Thing

In My Itty Bitty World

Abstract Thing

Going

Abstract Far 

Naturalistic Observation - 21 Days To Make Or Break A Habit

Sifting through the 

Archives

Written: May 23, 2017

If you attended Lafayette High 

in the late 90’s & remember me rocking 

different color rattail combs in my peacock 

to match my attire. 

 Or looked at me sideways, 

as if I was 3 types of crazy because my ponytail 

was more than enough. 

 Unbeknownst to everyone 

except myself,

 I was conducting my 1st social experiment

Naturalistic Observation

My recollection 

isn’t linear on what

occurred 1st. 

A librarian at Ulmer Park Branch

Brooklyn Public Library

answering one of my inquires 

suggesting I read Julius Fast

Which was the beginning 

 of my infatuation 

with the concept of Body Language. 

 Around the same time 

I remember being fascinated when I overheard someone state:

It takes _____ days to formulate a habit. 

 Whatever the Genesis

the end result revolved

 around my motto: 

 “Assume nothing, question everything” 

and see for myself

 if what was written/read

held any form of validity.

I remember being in the bathroom 

while the water was running 

(the sound of liquid helps me think). 

 I contemplated - what can I do & see if anyone will copy? 

And I only have _____ days to do it. 

 The sound of my mother banging on the door 

snapped me out of my thoughts as she said: Hurry the fcuk up! 

How many times do I have to tell you stop

 putting water and gel in your mother fcuking hair!

 I turned off the water & EUREKAAAAAAAA I had it!

I chose hair as the focal point of my experiment. 

For the first week, 

I accentuated a black rattail comb in my hair everyday. 

 If anyone noticed, they didn’t say anything nor mention it. 

 The following week(s), I switched up & matched the comb in my hair 

with my outfit. 

 One day it was red, the next it was white… 

more times than not it was blue 

because that’s my favorite color.

10+ days in, is when individuals started to ask: 

why do you have that comb in your hair? 

I’d either look at them and not answer or simply say: 

because I can. 

 Before the 21st day, females were wearing rattail combs in their hair too and didn’t know why... 

SON!!!!! 

 You already KNOW I went on an experimentation spree 😁

 I learned to incorporate different methods/manners 

& like clockwork people followed.

I did what you just read when I was 17-18 yrs old. 

Fast forward to 2017 and the individual who thinks I’m evil 

& has a personal vendetta against Robert Greene 😒 

Bruh's & Bruhette’s - 

Julius Fast is the original culprit, 

which attracted me to Mr. Greene. 

I am not a follower
of any
ideology

In the age of the internet & instant gratification, 

it no longer takes days to conduct an experiment. 

Results can be rendered within minutes to the hour! 

 At a slow pace it can take a couple of days… 

For example: YouTube tutorials 

has a knack for selling people in the natural hair community dreams, 

turning them into product junkies. 

 Why? 

Because they purchase products that will never work 

on their hair type all because they saw something they liked 

and had to have/copy it. 

 OR hashtag challenges which both genders engage in. 

#LetItMarinate

I wrote alllll this to say
We’re all guilty of blindly following something
at one point in our life.


 Some are more cognizant than others. 

© LaToya S. C. 

~*The Perks Of Being A Wallflower*~ 

Sometimes you have to dig in the crates
to let folk know how long
You've been crazy & deranged!

There's a method to the madness 😁



From
  C.I. 

Told Ya'll
My Borough's
Thorough 

718 

Guarding My Gates

One Can Be 

Deeply Immersed

In Conversing With Another

The Giving And Exchange

Of Information

Sentiments & Perspectives 

Specific Inquiries

Will Be

Asked

Curiosity

Wanting

To Be Fulfilled 

Everybody

Everybody Wants 

To 

Know...

Until 

They Find Out

The Cost Of 

It

Till They Find Out

Find Out

What You Lost 

For It

Particular

Occurrences In Life

Make Certain Individuals Appear 

As If 

They Have 

Superhuman Functionalities  

Able To Surmount

What Another Perceives 

As Inconceivable Hurdles

While Others 

Cannot Seem To Walk Around 

A Puddle 

Spectacle

Following After

Every Single 
Miracle 

There Is A Price 

To Be Paid

For The Loss Of Naiveté

Many Deem 

To Be 

Innocence 

Gifted 

Their Own

Awareness 

Speaking From My Experience(s)

I Don't Believe It Is Possible 

To Have Your Heart Shattered More Than Once 

Obliterated Scattered Pieces

In Various Directions

Outside Of Self

Not Knowing 

Where To 

Being

Understanding:

 It Is Inevitable

 To Start

Slowly Gathering

 What Was Destroyed

Piece By Piece

One Moment At A Time

Certain Components Can Be Repaired

While Other's Are Thrown Away

As If It Never Existed 

Building 

A New Foundation

From The Inside-Out

Familiarizing Oneself

With Your Own 

Architecture 

This Type Of Rock Bottom

Will Feel Like A

 Once In A LifeTime Exposure 

To Unbearable Pain

The Ones That Are Sure To Follow

Will At First Appear 

As If They Are Brand New

Aches Of Discomfort 

Followed By 

Uncertainty 

With The Knowledge 

Of  Knowing 

How You're Built 

A Sense Of Familiarity 

Guides You 

Through

The Process 

Of Necessary 

Elimination 

A Profound Love

For The Intricacies 

Of One's Being

Is Solidified

No Worldly 

Entity

Can Absolve  

With It's Many

Many

Attempts

Self Love
Is
Indestructible 

© LaToya S. C. 

Watch Them 
Marvel At 
All The Joy You Have...


What A Tragedy
You Can Laugh 
At Me


But, I'm In Love
Yes, I'm In Love

Don't You Wish
You Had 
Real Love?

Oh, I'm Guarding
My
Gates