Necessary Rebirths: A Collection of Poems + Prose for Awakening

By Nicole M. Long

In "Necessary Rebirths: A Collection of Poems and Prose for Awakening," poet and writer Nicole M. Long explores her journey through depression, anxiety, and all of life's in-between stages. Sometimes dark and mostly self-affirming, these poems about life and the resiliency of self-love gives readers a glimpse into a life unraveling

• Language: English
• Publisher: Victory Aueter Publishing LLC
• Release date: Nov 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9780578604879

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necessary rebirths

a collection of poems + prose for awakening

nicole m. long

necessary rebirths copyright © 2019 by Nicole Long. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any matter whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

Victory Aueter Publishing LLC

ISBNs:

978-0-578-57531-5 (Paperback)

978-0-578-60487-9 (Ebook)

Cover and interior design by: Dania Zafar

Cover photograph by: Jessica Felicio on Upsplash

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dedication

to the souls who find themselves

reading this book—

may you always remember that you are divine.

contents

section 1

surviving the jungle

seldom prayers matter none

trauma started early

ghetto proper

uneducated with degrees

guts and glory

on living alone

homies, lovers, friends

carnal pleasures

crashing and burning

by any other name

coming up for air

racing around the wheel

a lifetime of sister-friends

summer-time, fine

course correction

when i glance in the mirror

what a life

runny concealer

freedom is a birthright

blurry vision

one mistake makes two

they all left a void

holding up the wall

metamorphosis

black bitch

waiting for love, again

dancing with the devil

speed demons

land of the free

ties that bind

section 2

awakening to self

meet the suitor

the honeymoon phase

after the i dos

distance separates us

strange things happen sometimes

i belong to no one

meet you in the dark

scar tissue forms slowly

still in the race

on days that end in y

them feelings

the phoenix takes flight

women do what they want

internal realities

the day you meet your maker

everyday martyrs

the future is for dreamers

the ego’s deception

venus in libra

over capacity

reciprocity

rebels yell

the prototype

a savior

annihilated

genetic composition

this lifetime

wounds need dressing

the time of nihilists

sacred beings

gratitude

section 3

integrations

on days like today

in solitude

greener grass

we’re all celebrities

propaganda and slander

truth is paramount

harbingers of destiny

purgatory

kindness for your traumas

check the fineprint

divine feminine

divine masculine

divine love

god is with us

section 4

liberation

community

forgiving myself

building a legacy

growing with the flow

mirrors don’t lie

defining love

design yourself

making friends with mortality

the truth about nature

towards the light

tribe

perspective

all in good time

lesson from my sorrow

at home in nature

section 5

ascension

for busy days

the descent teaches you

intimacy and me

keeper