Are you holding your greatness captive?

Minimizing and second guessing your God given dopeness?

Constantly surrounded by the opinions of others that cloud your judgement?

I wrote this poem on a whim based on how I felt when I heard the music. This instrumental with the alien voices reminded me of how it feels to exist in a world where there’s constant chatter about what we should or shouldn’t be doing…a world where others are always imposing their ideas & opinions. Especially when those ideas and opinions are not good or useful. It’s easy to get lost in the noise if you don’t ground yourself.

The powerful percussion of the drums symbolize you taking your power back. Before long, the voices have faded allowing you to march to the beat of your own drum and be led by your greatness. It's a powerful piece. These words reflect what’s on my heart and I wanted to share the message for anyone who resonates. It’s your time to be great, why are you delaying your greatness? We need you. Distance yourself from the chatter and trust YOUR inner voice to help cultivate your greatness for the world to see. It’s time to be GREAT. If you coming, COME ON!

-Monique ✨🫶🏾

P.S I meant disbelief for any of the scholars that caught that lol. It irritates me to no end, but shit happens. The old me would delete and rerecord, the new me dgaf, she just flows... y'all gonna get this imperfect content lol cheers to growth & greatness.

Wishing you all the same.

All my love until next time.

Welcome to the Speak Life Series. The goal of this podcast is to inspire you and pour into you as you pursue what you’ve been called in this life to do. I personally write poems, guided meditations, & love affirmations that are profound and thought provoking in nature - all the while encouraging and inspiring.