<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:09:02.225-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Realm Of Reality Reconstruction</title><subtitle type='html'>Transforming  Delusions of Grandeur Into Reasonable Realities</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-7412261157746123468</id><published>2009-06-30T12:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T12:27:19.451-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you remember your child?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Are you so wrapped up in a man/woman that your children don’t&lt;br /&gt;exist?&lt;br /&gt;Is the only thing on your mind the thought of sexual bliss?&lt;br /&gt;I am hurting inside, which is the reason for the tears&lt;br /&gt;But not for myself,instead for the fears&lt;br /&gt;The ones that reside in a child’s mind&lt;br /&gt;From the acts of man that are so unkind&lt;br /&gt;Mamma on the net showing men her back side&lt;br /&gt;Daddy net pimpin, no show of pride&lt;br /&gt;Kids on my space, predators in their face&lt;br /&gt;No conversations about life are taking place&lt;br /&gt;Now these children are growing up having kids of their own&lt;br /&gt;And still have no clue how to be part of a productive home&lt;br /&gt;We want the world to be a better place&lt;br /&gt;Hooked on racism and governmental issues&lt;br /&gt;But in your home things are messed up&lt;br /&gt;but you want to know what you can do&lt;br /&gt;To make this world a better place to live&lt;br /&gt;Try this&lt;br /&gt;Pay attention to your kids!&lt;br /&gt;Do you talk to your child, about more than what he or she&lt;br /&gt;has done wrong&lt;br /&gt;Do you hold your children close when they feel the effects&lt;br /&gt;of a raging storm&lt;br /&gt;Yes you work you supply their physical needs&lt;br /&gt;But what about their hearts&lt;br /&gt;Are you there when their souls bleeds&lt;br /&gt;Do you answers life questions&lt;br /&gt;Can they depend on you for strength&lt;br /&gt;Or are you so wrapped up in a man that your children&lt;br /&gt;don’t exist?&lt;br /&gt;You teach them what’s right and what’s wrong&lt;br /&gt;But do you engage their childish nature&lt;br /&gt;The one that longs&lt;br /&gt;To play chase, hide and seek, let ice-cream drip down their&lt;br /&gt;arms cause they lick to slow&lt;br /&gt;Or are you fighting for the cause so hard your own children&lt;br /&gt;don’t even know&lt;br /&gt;You&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="WIDTH: 300px"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;object height="110" width="300"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/spvQCYlqZF/aus=false/"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value="backColor=ff3333&amp;amp;primaryColor=330000&amp;amp;secondaryColor=993333&amp;amp;linkColor=990000"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://media.imeem.com/m/spvQCYlqZF/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="110" wmode="transparent" flashvars="backColor=ff3333&amp;primaryColor=330000&amp;secondaryColor=993333&amp;linkColor=990000"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1px; PADDING-LEFT: 1px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; PADDING-TOP: 1px"&gt;&lt;div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 4px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FLOAT: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 4px"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.imeem.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.imeem.com/embedsearch/E6E6E6/" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;form style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" action What About the Children? - Yolanda Adams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see so many children who are abused, mentally and&lt;br /&gt;physically&lt;br /&gt;So many parents not raising them to be all they can be&lt;br /&gt;So many children who suffer lack&lt;br /&gt;Parents leave them to found out about this life on their&lt;br /&gt;own&lt;br /&gt;Because they are not home&lt;br /&gt;Or home but the child is still&lt;br /&gt;alone&lt;br /&gt;Yeah you deep please my brother my sister do speak&lt;br /&gt;On the issues of government and the injustice to the&lt;br /&gt;working man&lt;br /&gt;But when do you put the picket sign down and be a woman or man&lt;br /&gt;That indulges on the joy of being a parent&lt;br /&gt;Real time spent&lt;br /&gt;Or do you think just putting food on the table is enough?&lt;br /&gt;No conversation about life are taking place&lt;br /&gt;Now these children are growing up having kids of their own&lt;br /&gt;And still have no clue how to be part of a productive home&lt;br /&gt;We want the world to be a better place&lt;br /&gt;Hooked on racism and governmental issues&lt;br /&gt;But in your home things are messed up,but you want to know&lt;br /&gt;what you can do&lt;br /&gt;To make this world a better place to live&lt;br /&gt;Try this Pay attention to your kids!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2008 by Jazz Imaginations . All rights reserved &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-7412261157746123468?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/7412261157746123468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/06/are-you-so-wrapped-up-in-manwoman-that.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/7412261157746123468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/7412261157746123468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/06/are-you-so-wrapped-up-in-manwoman-that.html' title='Do you remember your child?'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-5277936646507375438</id><published>2009-06-23T11:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T12:00:32.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Face down in the wood chips</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;(*Warning* This &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;"&gt;was&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; my state of mind at a time when I &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff66;"&gt;was&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in pain and creative writing is how I vent,if you are easily alarmed this may not be the poem for you)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once upon a time in&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the darkest valleys off my life&lt;br /&gt;I found&lt;br /&gt;Myself&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; face down&lt;br /&gt;In the wood chips&lt;/span&gt; of an elementary school playground&lt;br /&gt;I had taken to the head MUCH rum&lt;br /&gt;I sipped it fast and furious till it was done&lt;br /&gt;I was already past drunk&lt;br /&gt;now I was stupid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;he told me&lt;br /&gt;when we were we&lt;br /&gt;supposed to be me and he&lt;br /&gt;he got she&lt;br /&gt;pregnant&lt;br /&gt;when we were us&lt;br /&gt;he bust a nut&lt;br /&gt;and got slut&lt;br /&gt;with child&lt;br /&gt;and all the while&lt;br /&gt;he lied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I was past the point of return&lt;br /&gt;I picked up the phone&lt;br /&gt;called him&lt;br /&gt;called his trick&lt;br /&gt;that he shared his d*** with&lt;br /&gt;when it was thought to be mine solely&lt;br /&gt;oh lil misguided me&lt;br /&gt;I told her how she was a sad little girl&lt;br /&gt;how she was stupid to believe&lt;br /&gt;he would really make her part of his permanent world&lt;br /&gt;yeah me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;face down in the wood chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I pissed myself thrice&lt;br /&gt;why&lt;br /&gt;I was so gone I lost all control of me&lt;br /&gt;The rum&lt;br /&gt;made me numb&lt;br /&gt;I could &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; move&lt;br /&gt;I was stuck&lt;br /&gt;dumb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;alchol had me parralyzed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;But did I have to be face down&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;why not looking up at the sky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Called her back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I told her not to let me catch her nasty a** on the block &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;or that's a wrap&lt;br /&gt;she gonna get got&lt;br /&gt;all the while&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;face down&lt;br /&gt;in the wood chips&lt;/span&gt; of the elementary school playground&lt;br /&gt;then I called him&lt;br /&gt;told him&lt;br /&gt;scolded him&lt;br /&gt;for being the thorn in my side&lt;br /&gt;annihilated my heart&lt;br /&gt;trampled my soul&lt;br /&gt;pierced my spirit&lt;br /&gt;with this pain&lt;br /&gt;of which I could not be consoled&lt;br /&gt;just me&lt;br /&gt;that bottle&lt;br /&gt;that rum&lt;br /&gt;and my pissy pants&lt;br /&gt;Nigga leave me be&lt;br /&gt;and all the while&lt;br /&gt;you lied&lt;br /&gt;And you hit me&lt;br /&gt;Left me Physically abused...over YOU?&lt;br /&gt;You put your hands on me&lt;br /&gt;And probably she&lt;br /&gt;Kia he asked..where are you let me come get you&lt;br /&gt;to which I replied&lt;br /&gt;F*** you, you are neither my friend nor my lover&lt;br /&gt;I'm fine mother f******&lt;br /&gt;as I wipe the spit from my mouth&lt;br /&gt;laying &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;face down&lt;br /&gt;in the wood chips&lt;/span&gt; on the playground of an elementary school&lt;br /&gt;Then daddy called&lt;br /&gt;KiKi where are you lil girl&lt;br /&gt;Why you wanna know ...you aint care when I was REALLY your lil girl&lt;br /&gt;when daddy should have been my whole world...leave me alone dammit&lt;br /&gt;let me be&lt;br /&gt;oh GOD I can't move my legs&lt;br /&gt;And yet again I can feel this pee &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Still all alone&lt;br /&gt;it's getting cold&lt;br /&gt;negative thoughts on repeat&lt;br /&gt;mentally trapped by this man and that she&lt;br /&gt;after all that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; we&lt;br /&gt;been through&lt;br /&gt;after all that&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; told you&lt;br /&gt;How when I was a child&lt;br /&gt;They touched me the wrong way&lt;br /&gt;How life left me pained and bound&lt;br /&gt;How when I was to young to know&lt;br /&gt;they forced me&lt;br /&gt;into this grown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; up world&lt;br /&gt;They said trust me &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;sweet litlle girl&lt;br /&gt;so&lt;br /&gt;I did&lt;br /&gt;Mentally abused&lt;br /&gt;Physically battered &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Sexually tattered&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;at such a young age&lt;br /&gt;Life didn't matter&lt;br /&gt;joy couldn't be fathomed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;I felt pure &lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;rage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I WAS once again center stage&lt;br /&gt;where the audience is laughing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;at me&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fell asleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;face down in the wood chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I awoke&lt;br /&gt;Still&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;face down in the wood chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to go home&lt;br /&gt;It was dark&lt;br /&gt;Cold&lt;br /&gt;I was wet&lt;br /&gt;alone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;face down in the wood chips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I grab my phone&lt;br /&gt;No Dial tone&lt;br /&gt;Battery dead&lt;br /&gt;I cant walk home&lt;br /&gt;I fall asleep&lt;br /&gt;awake again get on my knees&lt;br /&gt;Prayed&lt;br /&gt;God get me home please&lt;br /&gt;Yes stupid me&lt;br /&gt;Please&lt;br /&gt;I stumble I was cold, I crawled most of the way home&lt;br /&gt;On a neighborhood sidewalk&lt;br /&gt;dark&lt;br /&gt;As I look back&lt;br /&gt;now in a state of peace....misery relieved&lt;br /&gt;Over she and he and the aborted baby&lt;br /&gt;So glad I have found peace&lt;br /&gt;happy&lt;br /&gt;sustained by grace&lt;br /&gt;in a grand place&lt;br /&gt;of JOY&lt;br /&gt;And as I look back I can say&lt;br /&gt;Years later you can't tell me nothing&lt;br /&gt;nothing&lt;br /&gt;absolutely nothing&lt;br /&gt;Bout wood chips!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SkEnT8e9WQI/AAAAAAAAAF4/9WtvIaVk66w/s1600-h/wood+chips.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350601055899834626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SkEnT8e9WQI/AAAAAAAAAF4/9WtvIaVk66w/s400/wood+chips.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;© 2008 by Jazz Imaginations . All rights reserved&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-5277936646507375438?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/5277936646507375438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/06/face-down-in-wood-chips.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/5277936646507375438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/5277936646507375438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/06/face-down-in-wood-chips.html' title='Face down in the wood chips'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SkEnT8e9WQI/AAAAAAAAAF4/9WtvIaVk66w/s72-c/wood+chips.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-4478114133843645545</id><published>2009-04-01T13:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T08:18:41.195-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Have not that power!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SdPJwscGrOI/AAAAAAAAAEg/1HiZeG-TkGM/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319817423254629602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SdPJwscGrOI/AAAAAAAAAEg/1HiZeG-TkGM/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;To deal with you&lt;br /&gt;I have to learn to deal with myself&lt;br /&gt;to understand who I am&lt;br /&gt;you must know who you are as a man&lt;br /&gt;I cant tell you who you are&lt;br /&gt;that’s a mystery to even you&lt;br /&gt;you cant say you know me&lt;br /&gt;Until you walk in my mental shoes&lt;br /&gt;to thine own self be true&lt;br /&gt;I’ve been an emotional captive&lt;br /&gt;and have kept you prisoner as well&lt;br /&gt;held hostage by your insecurities&lt;br /&gt;you being trapped by my pain&lt;br /&gt;Thoughts of this&lt;br /&gt;no longer being a love thing&lt;br /&gt;but a distant memory&lt;br /&gt;I’ve been beat down by your mental demons&lt;br /&gt;the ones you chose not to recognize&lt;br /&gt;they laugh when tears fill my eyes&lt;br /&gt;they scoff at our demise&lt;br /&gt;If Im broke&lt;br /&gt;and your bent&lt;br /&gt;we cant come together&lt;br /&gt;and make &lt;strong&gt;US &lt;/strong&gt;straight&lt;br /&gt;I cant heal you&lt;br /&gt;you cant fix me&lt;br /&gt;all we can do for each other&lt;br /&gt;is aggravate&lt;br /&gt;If Im unhappy&lt;br /&gt;and your miserable&lt;br /&gt;we cant laugh our blues away&lt;br /&gt;sex wont make it better&lt;br /&gt;it’s just a wet band aid&lt;br /&gt;To make this thing work&lt;br /&gt;Im going to have to be whole&lt;br /&gt;to make this thing last&lt;br /&gt;Ima need you to be real&lt;br /&gt;to make this thing happen&lt;br /&gt;Ima need to be resolute&lt;br /&gt;to make this thing strong&lt;br /&gt;Ima need you to step back and regroup&lt;br /&gt;I have no doubt you love me&lt;br /&gt;as I do you&lt;br /&gt;but in order to make it through&lt;br /&gt;we gotta self evaluate&lt;br /&gt;take care of our minds sake&lt;br /&gt;have peace&lt;br /&gt;be sane&lt;br /&gt;be sound and whole separately&lt;br /&gt;then come together and make&lt;br /&gt;sweet melody&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;© 2008 by Jazz Imaginations . All rights reserved&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-4478114133843645545?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/4478114133843645545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-have-not-that-power.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/4478114133843645545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/4478114133843645545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/04/im-have-not-that-power.html' title='I Have not that power!'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SdPJwscGrOI/AAAAAAAAAEg/1HiZeG-TkGM/s72-c/untitled.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-7404966444229278466</id><published>2009-03-24T10:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T10:31:46.741-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SckY-2-gtOI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/C5CTb6cG7Jk/s1600-h/th_SadBlackWoman-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316808303276242146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SckY-2-gtOI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/C5CTb6cG7Jk/s400/th_SadBlackWoman-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The problem with me &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;WAS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I was to open and free.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I trusted what someone said to easily.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I gave love and affection, time and concession&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to those who called &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;THEMSELVES &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;my friend's, not paying ........ATTENTION&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;to the tell tell signs that was right in front of my eyes &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;how could I have been so blind&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then I grew a little, saw a few things, fell down a lot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I became something Today by God's grace that back then&lt;br /&gt;I was not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The problem with me &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;THEN&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is I could be so shut down. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scrutinize what you say, wonder if the look you had was straight &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;might like you tomorrow but defiantly not today&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;talk to you.......... but look away&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;cant trust you or the things you say&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;you might have been real and honest and true&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;but me being who &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I WAS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I couldn't see you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then I grew more ,paid attention to more&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I became something new through GOD"s grace that then I&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I had once ignored&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And Today&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I still scrutinize what you say &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;but I use wisdom when I do&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I still might like you tomorrow instead of today&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;but I give you the chance to at least prove&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I still talk to you, but I look you in your eyes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;because if I look away you can put on a disguise&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;See I had to find a good medium between trust and love and like&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;When I found out who I was, I saw who I might&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;trust&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;believe in&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;give a chance to get close&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and today unlike the past , it is more than most&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;but I still watch look&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I still play and weigh &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;and acquire a few friend by GOD'S grace&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;And that's where &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;TODAY!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;© 2008 by Jazz Imaginations . All rights reserved &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-7404966444229278466?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/7404966444229278466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/problem-with-me-was-i-was-to-open-and.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/7404966444229278466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/7404966444229278466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/problem-with-me-was-i-was-to-open-and.html' title=''/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SckY-2-gtOI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/C5CTb6cG7Jk/s72-c/th_SadBlackWoman-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-8082295411197055495</id><published>2009-03-19T07:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T10:32:51.007-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Not by small Petty Traps and Mishaps</title><content type='html'>Why are they asking to be verbally accousted&lt;br /&gt;involved in a verbal joust&lt;br /&gt;with me being all offense&lt;br /&gt;by the mouth?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Heavy Sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it gets to the point I feel my flesh rising high&lt;br /&gt;Negative Emotions my FatherHas equipped me to fight&lt;br /&gt;something strange happens something sweet&lt;br /&gt;revelation so deep&lt;br /&gt;I take a step back realize small mishaps&lt;br /&gt;and small petty traps&lt;br /&gt;are not worth the relapse&lt;br /&gt;don't let normal human tendencies&lt;br /&gt;make you move your once planted feet&lt;br /&gt;I cant just revert back to the me who didn't care attack&lt;br /&gt;you mentally with a blank stare&lt;br /&gt;being left on face&lt;br /&gt;your feeling out of place&lt;br /&gt;cause I read you your rights&lt;br /&gt;and you found out&lt;br /&gt;you had none&lt;br /&gt;no right to my life&lt;br /&gt;no right to try&lt;br /&gt;no right to choose&lt;br /&gt;weather I live or die&lt;br /&gt;I make that choice&lt;br /&gt;my life hid in Christ&lt;br /&gt;His voice&lt;br /&gt;If I failed to be me&lt;br /&gt;when I know I should be&lt;br /&gt;then it's my fault&lt;br /&gt;when they try to deceive me&lt;br /&gt;with all the little lip play&lt;br /&gt;that back in my old days&lt;br /&gt;got them verbally accosted involved in a verbal joust&lt;br /&gt;me being all offensive by the mouth&lt;br /&gt;gets me caught by many naysayers&lt;br /&gt;when the old me is reborn&lt;br /&gt;I come out of retirement put my sin nature back&lt;br /&gt;on rush in like I used&lt;br /&gt;to ready to scorn&lt;br /&gt;then I stop&lt;br /&gt;something strange happenssomething sweet revelation so deep&lt;br /&gt;cant let myself be moved by every negative lip smacker&lt;br /&gt;not by the emotionally trapped slacker&lt;br /&gt;who has no life&lt;br /&gt;I read them there rights&lt;br /&gt;and they found out they had none&lt;br /&gt;no right to my life&lt;br /&gt;no right to try&lt;br /&gt;no right to choose&lt;br /&gt;weather I live or die&lt;br /&gt;I make that choice&lt;br /&gt;This is my life my voice&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________&lt;br /&gt; © 2008 by Jazz Imaginations . All rights reserved&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-8082295411197055495?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/8082295411197055495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-are-they-asking-to-be-verbally.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/8082295411197055495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/8082295411197055495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-are-they-asking-to-be-verbally.html' title='Not by small Petty Traps and Mishaps'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-644356428413450472</id><published>2009-03-17T11:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T11:26:11.003-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dysfunctional Diva's</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/Sb_rIl89InI/AAAAAAAAAEE/EZbyUI9x65I/s1600-h/diva.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314224618179732082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 98px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/Sb_rIl89InI/AAAAAAAAAEE/EZbyUI9x65I/s400/diva.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;A woman is a true diva before she gets dressed, she doesn’t become a diva only after she is fully arrayed in the latest fashions. She can be a diva in sweat pants and a white tee, and still turn heads, cause what she has comes from within. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The woman that neglects to take care of her mental state is operating in dysfunction. It really doesn’t matter how well dressed she is, how mean her toe game is, how the hair is oh so right. It matters not how many suitors she has and how flamboyant she is. If she lacks the common sense, if she lacks knowledge needed to function in the roles that she has, if her moves are not fluid and free. And if she lacks wisdom, grace poise, forget about being a diva, learn how to be a woman first.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You fine as hell in those designer shoes but your mind has been so raped by tragedy’s that you live in fear and the clothes are just a cover up. You say oh Im to good for that negro and he cant handle a woman like me , but what you really mean is he cant go home with you cause when you go home that’s your time to close the door and cry, and it aint you he cant handle but your luggage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have seen some women who’s outfits were what others would call bargain basement, but the way they carried themselves made the outfit virtually invisible, and she was attractive for who she was. She knew who she was, and she was real and genuine. She knew the bills get paid first, and even if you didn’t have any money then get what you need to self manicure em and keep it pushin, she understands that before she could get a man and expect for him to be all that she had be whole herself. She understands that when the clothes come of and she is naked before the world she must have a mind, because her titts cant balance the checkbook, and raise a child. Nor will it keep the attention of a man really ready to settle down, and have a partner who works with him, and not against. She loves to look good, and will maintain her hair and nails and clothes, but before that all happens she makes sure that all is well with her mentally. She exudes peace, she is not lacking in her spirit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I met many woman who have the diva persona, but to get to the root of who she is one would have to assume that the mother was absent from her life, or for that matter any positive female role model, who’s told and showed her that a diva is whole spiritually and mentally before she dresses herself, and she doesn’t become a diva only after she is dressed. She can be a diva in sweat pants and a white tee, and still turn heads, cause what she has comes from within.&lt;br /&gt;I remember a time I had on a crispy clean pair of white classic Reebok’s, legs shaved oiled up legs, crisp white tank with a lil lace, hair pulled back in a tight pony with the edges flipped. Walking into a 7-Eleven with my head held high, miss thang beside me in some heels that she looked uncomfortable walking in, trying so hard to be fly she tripped up the curb, and me and the guy who’s attention she was trying to get laughed like it was Kat Williams in drag, I already had his attention, Oh don’t get me wrong she was beautiful, but her whole persona was stank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And since we are on the subject riddle me this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are taking a trip to Six Flags or Disney World some type of amusement park where you do a lot of walking, and you have on a pair of six inch heels, pants that barely allow you to move, skirt so short you cant bend down to sit, so stuck up on yourself you cant have fun. You are more ready for runway model status than having a great time. What’s the point of being there, Okay you and your girls profiling for the male species, but you in pain like a mofo and you not having fun. Could you have not found a sexy pair of comfy low shoes or do you not exude enough real diva that you couldn’t rock flats?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thing about a diva is you know when and where to wear your outfits, you know how to rock any outfit, for any occasion, you dress properly for the situation and you make it look good, from hair to shoes to accessories. If you stand clueless and how to make an outfit work and be fantastic but functional , not a Diva. You gotta know when to rock the right shoes at the right time, otherwise....not a diva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you going out for a night on the town and most of your time is going to be sitting down, heck yeah wear those shoes that are high as all get out, cause they might hurt to continuously walk in but look good when you sit with your legs crossed and you posted up styling.&lt;br /&gt;If you are going to the beach and you know dude likes to play in the water and will expect you to get in, um no not the time to get your hair done and then cry about it getting wet. Ponytails are not frumpy, if you want sexy make sure your swim suit is off the hinges, the hair wont matter.&lt;br /&gt;But all of this only happens when you are whole, sound, and spiritually in tuned to who you are, only after that can you and your true style shine and the essence of a true diva can prevail.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No amount of makeup can fix a funky attitude and a cold heart. No amount of designer clothing can add to you wisdom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thats my blah blah&lt;br /&gt;Jazz out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-644356428413450472?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/644356428413450472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/dysfunctional-divas.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/644356428413450472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/644356428413450472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/dysfunctional-divas.html' title='Dysfunctional Diva&apos;s'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/Sb_rIl89InI/AAAAAAAAAEE/EZbyUI9x65I/s72-c/diva.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-838221190390218374.post-4875947171592377080</id><published>2009-03-11T10:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T10:33:08.600-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Humor not idiocy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/Sbf2MpY5QnI/AAAAAAAAADY/GLA8ghcYG5Y/s1600-h/laughing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311984982635922034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/Sbf2MpY5QnI/AAAAAAAAADY/GLA8ghcYG5Y/s400/laughing.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Don't mistake my humor for idiocy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;My mind goes further than routine comedy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;My role in your life Is to stimulate it with laughter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Yes Your happiness is what I am after &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I understand political jargon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;World affairs have their timeand place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I am in a conscious state &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I don't have a voided mind to which common sense has nospace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I am aware of the toils of humanity &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I am not inept&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Knowledge is power I agree&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Yes I long to make you smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;MY preference is your joy &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;I am not in your life to bring governmental issues for you to explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;That is what your other friends are for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;My role in your life Is to stimulate it with laughter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Yes Your happiness is what I am after &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;And if you wanna go deeper to find out who I am &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Then we can expound on the histories of man......................woman &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;But for now when our paths cross &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;It is for Joy, peace,encouragement&lt;br /&gt;So that no soul will be lost &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Smile my friend Let me perform the action for which I was sent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;My role in your life Is to stimulate it with laughter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Yes Your happiness is what I am after&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;___________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;© 2008 by Jazz Imaginations . All rights reserved  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/838221190390218374-4875947171592377080?l=zionslounge.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/feeds/4875947171592377080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/humor-not-idiocy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/4875947171592377080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/838221190390218374/posts/default/4875947171592377080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://zionslounge.blogspot.com/2009/03/humor-not-idiocy.html' title='Humor not idiocy'/><author><name>Jazz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17910726758851089262</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/SbfwKyvYBmI/AAAAAAAAAC0/_-iUwAZqPks/S220/AFRO22-1-1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xEYFqZhoRMs/Sbf2MpY5QnI/AAAAAAAAADY/GLA8ghcYG5Y/s72-c/laughing.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
