Hello, My Name Is…

My name is Serenity. 

I was born in the calm of the storm, the receding of the waves. I was named after a place that exists under the night of the moon, the solace of the womb. 

I grew to be one of the elements that doesn’t react on the periodic table. Just a pure expression of grace and poise. 

I am the Home. 

I am the sound of running water, I am what it feels like to slow dance in the kitchen. I am the very peace you find under the shade of a tree. Many call me a luxury. Some say they’ve never experienced someone so serene, unknowing that I’m simply a visual representation of the silence in their mind. 

I am what you encounter when you follow the cadence of your own heart, a fellow frequency. 

I look different to each passerby, some never look up from their phones to welcome me into their reality. You find someone like me amongst the most tranquil spaces, between the lines in a book. The stars, stoners and art freaks alike find their way to me in the wee hours of the night, or the dawning of the day. 

My name is derived from Latin and the world attempts to take me out of my nature. 

Hustlers and stay-at-home mothers bring bits and pieces of my essence into their lives. I bring with me a feeling that is irreplaceable, irrefutable! I bring a trusted ear, open arms and an eternity of self assured peace in my little bag of wonders. 

My name is Serenity, and it’s a pleasure to be bestowed upon you.

Ase, Tyshai

Hello,

My name is Stewardship. 

I write my dreams when I wake. I high five myself in the presence of my reflection. 

I believe that how I love [today] matters,

so you might hear me say a lot that 

“it would be nice if [today] I bought myself flowers!” 

I'll say my affirmations in the mirror a million times if I have to. 

I'm attentive. I view everything & everyone as my muse. Nobody really knows this about me, but I have a little section in my notes where I document all that I see. 

I give it meaning. I make it matter. 

[Today], it was as simple as noticing a feather drift by, & assuring myself that it was solely because the feather noticed me.

-Micayla

HELLO, MY NAME IS INTEGRITY.

For so long i’d only cry 

in wee hours of the night 

smile filled face

masking internal fights

afraid 

that if i exposed the pieces to my pie

i’d run away the ones i desired by my side

oh how that’s kept me confined

drowned by the tide

tethered to a paradigm 

of a half lived life 

tethered to the fear that i’m

just way too wild

so i created the great divide 

and kept most of me for i

until she taught me what it means 

to be whole and complete

said it was a waste of a heart 

to keep all of me for me

and so i 

jump

and i cry 

and fall apart

and i scream

reveal my spectrum of expression

cuz to express is to be free, for me.

RŸAH