About Me
- Shunda Yvonne
- I am an innovator...a risk taker...an obstacle achiever. Never let someone tear you down and call you uneducated...it's a false illusion of an African American. We are all different...We all have our own juice of demiurgic
“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your live those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.”
Balances
in life
one is always
balancing
like we juggle our mothers
against our fathers
or one teacher
against another
(only to balance our grade average)
3 grains of salt
to one ounce truth
our sweet black essence
or the funky honkies down the street
and lately I've begun wondering
if you re trying to tell me something
we used to talk all night
and do things alone together
and i've begun
(as a reaction to a feeling)
to balance
the pleasure of loneliness
against the pain
of loving you
in life
one is always
balancing
like we juggle our mothers
against our fathers
or one teacher
against another
(only to balance our grade average)
3 grains of salt
to one ounce truth
our sweet black essence
or the funky honkies down the street
and lately I've begun wondering
if you re trying to tell me something
we used to talk all night
and do things alone together
and i've begun
(as a reaction to a feeling)
to balance
the pleasure of loneliness
against the pain
of loving you
-Nikki Giovanni
Re-Evalutation
Recently....I have had a re-evaluation on life. I have found a new state of mind. One that is more level-headed and appropriate. I have lived a life of partying, and bullshitting around, and now is my time to focus on me....Shunda Yvonne. She is a pretty cool chick if I do say so myself. She is beautiful...intelligent...generous...just the perfect 10!!! She has flaws...flaws that the world must either accept or let it go. She will not change for anyone. This is her...take her or leave her...she doesn't care. She craves success....and regurgitates shame & hate. Don't like her.... KILL YOURSELF =)
Crazy Mixed Up Kinda Love
I want a love that is rich....
Love that is Dove chocolate kinda sweet....
Love that is beautifully inclined to succeed among any boundary...
I want a love that gives me deep kisses...
Kisses that make my body shake into convulsions...
I want a love that hugs me and never lets go...
Hugs that would make a bear jealous...
I want a love that stimulates my soul...
Penetrates my thoughts....
Submerges itself into my heart...
I want to love........
-ShundaYvonne
Love that is Dove chocolate kinda sweet....
Love that is beautifully inclined to succeed among any boundary...
I want a love that gives me deep kisses...
Kisses that make my body shake into convulsions...
I want a love that hugs me and never lets go...
Hugs that would make a bear jealous...
I want a love that stimulates my soul...
Penetrates my thoughts....
Submerges itself into my heart...
I want to love........
-ShundaYvonne
Obscure Happiness
So recently I took out my hair weave, and I must say I have not been happier. This was like the extra push I needed to further achieving my state of happiness. I needed to go back to my birth state....the state of my ancestry...the state of proud AfroAmerican heritage. There are soooooooo many styles that I am dying to try with my natural hair. No longer do I have to fight with the scorching hot ceramics in order to fit in with what society has embedded in us was "normal". No longer will I have to hide who I am as a person; and individual to become just......regular....I rather be....IRREGULAR!
-Peace & Love
ShundaYvonne
Neo-Soul Lover
I consider myself to be a different breed because I am all over the spectrum. Lol I am truly something different, but I find myself always somewhere centered between Neo-Soul and African Pride:-) Why....idk! I have always shared some kind of passion and love for neo-soul. From the music to the way of life...I love it all. I'm mellow and chill....and proud of my ethnicity! I embrace it....I will continue to embrace it...Yup Yup!
Am I Disgracing My Race?
So as many people know...I am a very weaveable person lol. I have been wearing weave since I was a little girl up until the summer before college year. I did a big chop [Cut ALL of my hair off...preferably the permed pieces] Yes guys I said it....I got rid of the creamy crack=] I went Au Naturel! But I did a backslide by putting a sew-in back in my hair. It's not that I was ashamed of my kinky coils, I just wanted a change. Could it be that I wanted to fit in? I don't even have the answer to that guys....sorry. But what I do know...is that I'm chopping this mess off my hair and going back to my beautiful coils!!!!
New Found Love For Mr. X
I have always cared about my history, but never have I been so engaged and knowledge worthy of learning about Malcolm X. From reading the book, watching documentaries, and observing Spike Lee's adaptation of if further my awareness of that time period. He was a genius just out to help his fellow AfroAmericans. Many say he was a black supremacist, but that is not what he preached. Dissect his speeches! My favorite speech is The Ballot or the Bullet....come on people read up on your history!!! He had a message deep in that speech....a true statement....have times changed since then....HOW?
Am I Finding Myself
As it stands I am a Sophomore at The University of Michigan. But how did I get to this state of mind that I am in at this current moment? Freshman year is a blur of excess partying, unsubstantial guys, and pure hell. Don't get me wrong, I had tons of fun, but as I sit here and reflect upon it....I am not happy with my decisions. They could have been smarter...wiser...full of knowledge & ambition...yet I lacked. Sophomore will bring upon new changes, decisions, people, ....ME!
Surrounded by everything and nothing
And there isn’t a word or phrase to be caught
A verse to be recited
A man to de-fill my being in those moments
I am blankness, the contained center of an “O”
The pyramidic containment of an “A”
I stand in the middle of all that I have learned
All that I have memorized
All that I’ve known by heart
Unable to reach any of it
There is no sadness
There is no bliss
It is a forgotten memory
A memorable escape route that only is found by not looking
-Unknown
What saddens me most is the fact that today's culture is brainwashing the youth with false, shit artists like Gaga, Miley, etc. Man, in the 70s, the kids were also listening to Gil. It's like were devolving as a culture. Music, New York City, Art and so much of the world has been legally hijacked by healthy, white yuppies with good teeth, good credit scores and no conception of human suffering.
Social Network Con
The Revolution will not be digitized.
The Revolution will not accept you as a friend on Facebook;
The Revolution will not be available as a tweet in less than 140 chracters;
The Revolution will not be uploaded to You Tube or available as a download on Hulu.
The Revolution will not be digitized.
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