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    gracefulfire

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  • Member Since:

    July 05, 2001

  • Sex:

    Female

  • Age:

    46

  • Relationship Status:

    Single

  • Last Login:

    May 26

  • Education:

    Master's Degree

  • Location:

    Lombard, IL

  • Race:

    Black/African American

  • Zodiac:

    Aquarius


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How can I expect that you would relate to me with a graceful ease,

When my own strong desire to please...you

Grips me

Paralyzing me

Antagonizing me

Driving me to an uncharacteristic look - but close your eyes

So you don`t have to see,

Beauty personaified in the eyes of one man

One captivating, earthshaking figure of a man who`s only real demand is an unconditional loving hand.

Yea -- surprised but I understand more than mere words can share,

More intensely than a lover`s stare

How deeply I long for one who cares for me too...

Could it be

Is it

Can it possibly be YOU?


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What Color is Your Culture?

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The Color of My Culture
Valarie A. Washington
copyright(c)2008

My culture is colored by the family that raised me. It is the soulful blackness of the church that loved me and the colorful mix of the the foods and flavors that nourished me. My culture is the red-hot rhythmic dance of a people, the jazzy blues of music that beats in my heart, and the brown-eyed melodies of life that I learned how to sing.

The color of my culture is dark green and life affirming like collard... (continue reading)

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