D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly
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Cali could never pride herself with being a person with internal GPS. In fact, she had a tendency of getting lost. But this challenge seemed simple. Her new friends let her out on this road and told her she had one hour to follow it home. They said it was like an initiation; each one […]
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On the far side of the bed you scroll through your phone with a thin grin curled up on your mouth. The same mouth that used to talk to me about everything; The same smile I caught watching me while I slept; The same one that watched me undress. Your screen, very bright on your […]
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Understanding the Bully Weakness drives a bully. It sets something off in her. If you ask her (or him) why she treats her target the way she does, her answer would be either exaggerated or senseless. It could be because she doesn’t really know the answer or she is ashamed of it. Whatever her reason, […]
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Thoughts tamped down, but pushing up and swirling in a tunnel; Restless pacing but nowhere to go Wandering in a wilderness pregnant with a message. Congregation: one No one else hears No one else knows. When I go in labor, will there be no room for me in the inn? I will give my baby […]
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Did you really see what you thought you saw? How is it that you can see so plainly what others can not? Oh, the frustration you feel when you try to get others to see it too. It’s like being in a Lifetime movie where you can see the villain and everybody thinks you’re crazy…or […]
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“Why can’t you accept me for who I am?” I said to Nana. “Africa may be my origin but She is not me. Africa birthed me, America raised me; It’s not about where I come from, It’s where I’m at.” Nana answered, fire in her eyes, “But child, You got Africa in your veins, Let […]
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Put no limitations on what God can do in your life right where you are. Your circumstances may not be ideal, but don’t let them rob you of living. If you can see beyond what you don’t have, you can learn to enjoy what you do have. Oftentimes you possess more than you know. Jesus […]
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Dear children, I hope when you read this you will understand how life is filled with twists and turns and don’t always turn out as planned; How the world can seem kind and make sense one day then you’re confused, lost and gone astray. You begin with dreams as limitless as the sky, then when […]
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I wanted to express how much I love you so I thought carefully about what I wanted to say Because I didn’t want this to read like a Hallmark card or just sound like another cliche. ** I want you to know that I’ve given this some thought and I’m speaking this from my heart, […]
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If I knew then what I know now things could be different but I know it’d be the same Cuz you’ve always been an unquenchable fire and a consuming flame. * You are my crazed obsession that brings me to my knees; though it might kill me I don’t want a cure for this disease. […]
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D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly 