Paula Rainey
Paula Rainey was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1980. Shortly thereafter, her parents migrated to the United States in search of a better life.
At an early age, she discovered her passion for writing poetry and spoken word. In recent years, she has begun to pursue these passions again.
She lives in Florida with her husband, who is an artist, and their two children. As the Artist manager for her husband, she is submerged in the art world and is consistently reminded that a life lived without passion is a wasted one.
Self love is the most beautiful journey that a woman will ever experience. It is the journey into unapologetic acceptance and existence. Self love is the fire which fuels the path of the Divine Goddess of Light. As we embrace the journey along this path, we emerge as the victorious and triumphant Goddesses we were always meant to be!
Self Love
Self love, Self love
Who knew that this journey would come from above?
EYE spent so many years in a haze and questioning who EYE really was.
So many years spent suppressing that light and wondering if EYE would ever be good enough.
You see,
They make us believe that
A Strong woman isn’t supposed to be pretty
And if you aren’t pretty then you don’t deserve love, just straight up pity.
They judge us;
Shes way too pretty,
what could she possibly know?
or
She looks easy, I bet she never says no!
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They make us believe that
Women should stay in their place,
keep your head down, you know that you’ll never amount to more than just a pretty face
And they tell us,
You know that a good woman is chaste, Don’t you dare give “IT” up before marriage or even worse, get pregnant
What a disgrace!
Self love, Self love
Who knew that this journey would come from above?
EYE found myself when EYE finally looked up and saw who EYE really was because EYE had had enough.
Enough of their words, so false!
Eyes wide open, EYE could now see,
that those words were just chains forged together to hold down this Queen
A Goddess of Light who they were in fear of.
So EYE took their chains, link by link, and EYE began to climb out of the darkness of that self doubt pit and the higher EYE climbed the brighter the light would hit And the brighter the light the more EYE loved myself and EYE could finally admit;
That my life was mine to live
That no matter how that looked to anyone else EYE would forever commit:
Commit to my passions and to my voice
Commit to my actions and to my own choice
Commit to my heart and not to the noise
Commit to believing in myself and to being my own joy
Commit to growth and healing instead of setting out to self-destroy.
Commit to SELF LOVE and believing that EYE am in deed my own, Helen of Troy.
Self love, self love
Who knew that this journey would come from above
Who knew that this journey would teach me so much
Who knew that this journey would be a true labor of love And that after it was all said and done, that EYE would find my Inner Goddess and emerge triumphant and victorious.
REBEL • POET
