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Black Woman University: Grandma Toon
In this episode, we reflect respectfully and humbly on Grandma Toon’s influence on my understanding of community, spirituality, and family: exercising love as a practice, investing in the transformation and growth of community members, applying the concept of family-first, being congruent and real, and holding space for inner wisdom (prayer, somatic practices, quietness). I hope this intimate reflection will help you draw parallels, become inspired, and develop a sense of curiosity.
The recited poem is self-crafted and self-written:
Queen Mother Granny,
life has been exceedingly daunting when wanting more collides
with the growing pains generated by the heartbreak and existential sores
the body absorbs…
disenfranchised by grieving alone
in front of the only window seal in this
cold, dark, depressing home -
Oh, Granny,
what time is it?
how did I get here?
Is my mere existence in alignment with and according to
your prudence, purpose, and visions?
when the clock stops ticking, time will tell and reveal
the heavy, hearty truth -
buried…
hidden…
concealed…
and shielded by earthly spectacles glamorizing pop
culture on the center stage, supplying pure
entertainment on sick days rather than
preventative medicine, as our souls are
encroached upon by the narrowness of life’s
wicked maze…
Sweet Granny,
I’m engulfed by suffocating shadows of impermanence
and poisonous hazes of constitutional destruction,
my heart bleeds with sadness for holding such
existential weight of the unsavory fate without
your perceptiveness and grace
so much is at stake…
with so little time to waste…
please, Queen Mother, look over this place -
and help us - all of us - see your lovely
rare essence manifest and inculcate graceful,
moral immunity in every village, town, city, or
COMMUNITY!
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By Brotha KD ToonIn this episode, we reflect respectfully and humbly on Grandma Toon’s influence on my understanding of community, spirituality, and family: exercising love as a practice, investing in the transformation and growth of community members, applying the concept of family-first, being congruent and real, and holding space for inner wisdom (prayer, somatic practices, quietness). I hope this intimate reflection will help you draw parallels, become inspired, and develop a sense of curiosity.
The recited poem is self-crafted and self-written:
Queen Mother Granny,
life has been exceedingly daunting when wanting more collides
with the growing pains generated by the heartbreak and existential sores
the body absorbs…
disenfranchised by grieving alone
in front of the only window seal in this
cold, dark, depressing home -
Oh, Granny,
what time is it?
how did I get here?
Is my mere existence in alignment with and according to
your prudence, purpose, and visions?
when the clock stops ticking, time will tell and reveal
the heavy, hearty truth -
buried…
hidden…
concealed…
and shielded by earthly spectacles glamorizing pop
culture on the center stage, supplying pure
entertainment on sick days rather than
preventative medicine, as our souls are
encroached upon by the narrowness of life’s
wicked maze…
Sweet Granny,
I’m engulfed by suffocating shadows of impermanence
and poisonous hazes of constitutional destruction,
my heart bleeds with sadness for holding such
existential weight of the unsavory fate without
your perceptiveness and grace
so much is at stake…
with so little time to waste…
please, Queen Mother, look over this place -
and help us - all of us - see your lovely
rare essence manifest and inculcate graceful,
moral immunity in every village, town, city, or
COMMUNITY!
Get full access to CREATIVST. at creativist.substack.com/subscribe
Ways to Connect and Support Genuinely:
Subscribe to the Podcast, share with a loved one, and write a review - We are on Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, too!!
Subscribe and share the Substack publication, CREATIVST.
Subscribe and share Soul Medicine
Watch the Podcast interview w/ Brotha Gary Taylor, LCSW
Last article on Soul Medicine: A Liberation Social Workers Perspective
Listen/Watch the last episode of Gracefully Imperfect:
Order my self-written poetry anthology, "The Depths Below"
Send comments and feedback to the business email -[email protected]
Connect, follow, and share on LinkedIn and the Service page
Connect, follow, and share on Fanbase
Connect, follow, and share on Instagram
Get full access to CREATIVST. at creativist.substack.com/subscribe