Reckless Behavior The Series (RBTS) is a new digital series created by Michaela P. Shelton. The web series will share the story of Michaela Holloway, a post college black millennial and aspiring writer, who navigates through life attempting to find herself and avoid reckless behavior.
Leave me in this box.
I am a personI breathe I have feelingsI have a life But to you I'm a dollA play thingSomething you deal with until you get tired of itWhy even pick me up in the first place?Why not just leave me in my box with my pretty clothes and accessories?I was doing fine and you personally… Continue reading Leave me in this box.
An Ode to Friendship
I have been trying to write a poem about love all February and it just was not working. I was not inspired, I couldn’t tap into any old emotions, nothing. Then I started to think about the love I feel when I can sit with people in silence and just enjoy their presence. I thought… Continue reading An Ode to Friendship
I Did It!
I just want to express how proud I am of myself. I did that! I took my pain and I finally decided to look at it like really look at itand not hide from it anymore. And boy did this disrupt my entire lifeand what l had set in motion all my proud coping mechanisms that… Continue reading I Did It!
“Let’s Be Friends” Chapter 1 – Rebecca
Photo by Gabby K on Pexels.com Hey everyone! If you follow me you'll know that I'm a published author and I love bringing stories to life with my words. One of those stories that I loved creating was the one of Rebecca & Nasir; two successful black people who realized that one person can change… Continue reading “Let’s Be Friends” Chapter 1 – Rebecca
Bang Bang
She feels safe with his guns. If she feels protected by the guns how often do these unwanted moments come into play?‘ Ya know, for the gun to be activated. Between those times, who’s protecting whom? Her feeling protected by the guns... Now, what if you take the guns away?Will she still feel protected... Now, l… Continue reading Bang Bang
InterSEXtional Thinking: Accessing Your Sexual Agency
In January 2021, the soulful goddess Jazmine Sullivan dropped an EP that sent the sexologist in me on a spiral! I loved her collection, Heaux Tales, from the title to the finish. The interludes, the passion, yes. Although she did her thing, this article isn’t an ode to the greatness that is Jazmine Sullivan. Instead,… Continue reading InterSEXtional Thinking: Accessing Your Sexual Agency
“Her Final Entries” A Collection of Poems & Affirmations, Available Now.
“In Her Final Entries, Sydney Reneé shares with you a collection of poems and affirmations that will make you fall in love with life and the people in it, release you from years of pain, heal your soul and give you hope” I did it again! But this time with a new self published poetry… Continue reading “Her Final Entries” A Collection of Poems & Affirmations, Available Now.
Intertwined
I flipped over to see his sleeping face, and I knew I was in deep trouble. It was never supposed to go this far, but this was third time of us linking up. I couldn't even tell you how we ended up here or why we couldn't stop meeting up. I just knew that our… Continue reading Intertwined
Let’s Talk About Sex
The words that we use to describe our sexual desires should not be words that carry any negative weight. Let’s stop using words like “nasty” and “freaky” to describe sex, because how can something pleases us be nasty and freaky. Describing sex this way, for me, takes the pleaures out of sex. Enjoy the sexual… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Sex
Diary Of A Mad Black Woman
Photo by Lucxama Sylvain from Pexels I had an okay weekend. Drank a lot of alcohol and cried less than I did last week. It wasn't until I turned on the tv to watch my favorite show. I looked at my avatar next to his and realized I should probably sign out and sign up for my own… Continue reading Diary Of A Mad Black Woman