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The Stranger

12/02/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Poetry, Reflecting Inward

“She floated through existence
Neither here nor there – her backpack heavy
Always a bit of a loner”

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Die Vreemdeling (The Stranger)

11/02/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Afrikaans, Poetry, Reflecting Inward

Vir jare het ek gewonder oor dit wat ek sien Ek het haar vir ‘n tyd nie herken nie Sy was ‘n vreemdeling   So jonk en bitter diep seer Die lewe het goed met haar geremoer Vir haar was […]

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Another Year, Another Shot At It

05/01/201602/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Community, Opinion, Shego Boost

“Every day. Every week. Every month. Every year. It’s a chance to wipe the slate clean and start again. Or continue from where you left off. “

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I Hurt

09/12/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Poetry, Reflecting Inward

“Help me
Reach out to me
Show me humanity”

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Beauty Beyond Bounds

19/11/201507/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Poetry, Reflecting Inward

Glancing at the mirror Looking back at me Something I couldn’t fathom Something that was never me

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Never Stop…

15/10/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Poetry, Reflecting Inward

Often times when life sucks magnificently
Triumph is waiting in the wings
To succeed that which drags us down
To cause our hearts to once again sing””

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Cinderella (A Modern Tale)

30/07/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Poetry, Reflecting Inward

“She strives for greatness

A wounded bird smiling in hope”

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Thankful Mother Hen

28/04/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Community, Opinion

I am a woman in my thirties.  I have borne no children…yet, I am not childless. I am true believer that it takes a village to raise a child.  Therefore, I have the tendency to adopt friends children as if […]

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Freedom in Bondage

27/04/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Community, Opinion

Freedom, in my mind, is being unshackled by slavery.   Being unfettered by limitation.  Deliverance and emancipation from oppression. South Africa is deemed free as a nation.  But are we truly free? We have children running wild.  Waving guns.  Starved. […]

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Thinking Back…And Back to Now.

24/04/201502/02/2017 Shelley (thedealis)Community, Opinion

Life is life. Live it. Live your life.

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