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You Think You Have Problems

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You Think You Have Problems

Look at me with this bag on my hip
This is some kind of a trip
What kind of dog has to wear such a thing
This kind of attention is not what I want to bring

The bag has the nerve to read, grin
Wearing this is much to my chagrin
My human likes to play tricks
Meanwhile, all I want is to throw bricks

When they come my way with something weird
Their wayward thoughts I try to steer
Away from the clothes and people gear
I’m a dog, rules to which you must adhere

No fanny packs, no tutus, I just want to play fetch
Instead, they take my picture, makes me just retch
No more pictures please, no more pictures



Written in response to Sadje's prompt, What Do You See #187
http://What do you see # 187- May 22, 2023

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Pleasure Furlough


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Deep breaths well needed
Respite from a busy life
Take in sights and sounds

—O’Nika McGill—

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Topic Words of Wisdom

Show Your Hand, Raise It High

Show Your Hand, Raise It High

Show your hand, raise it high
Shyness has no place, let your aura shine
Block the naysayers, they will try to deny
The gold band protection, just like an alibi

Show your hand, raise it high
Let your positivity glow
Inspire people and make them smile
Where it comes from, they will never know

Show your hand, raise it high
When people feel like they can't
They look to you, see that it is possible
Doubt in their minds, start to recant

If the gold band gives you courage to muster
Your inner thoughts that make you fluster
Show your hand, raise it high
Gold band speaks for itself, no need to specify

--O'Nika McGill--

Written in response to Sadje’s prompt, What Do You See #179

http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/03/27/what-do-you-see-179-march-27-2024/

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Show Your Hand, Raise It High appeared first on Inspirebyonika.com on April 1, 2023

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Topic Words of Wisdom

Grow Your Mental

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Listen to Grow Your Mental Recital
Growing your mental
Opens minds; developmental
Love and consciousness are life’s syllabus
The syllabus which teaches us

Leading with eyes only
Robs the soul and results to lonely
Lonely, pretentious and superficial
Love and meaning are most beneficial

Ask yourself when you look in the mirror
Do I manifest what I am seeking?
Searching hard for the answer brings you nearer
Realizing that arrogance, pride and conceit are what you are reeking

Maturity and mental growth
Brings us closer to an oath
That tells us life is about much more
Fulfillment, gratification and enrichment are in store

Exit the false prophecy
Visualize the hypocrisy
Newfound treasures appear before your eyes
Things unseen before suddenly materialize 

Wow, what a surprise!




Grow Your Mental first appeared on Inspire By O'Nika, March 22, 2023

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This Is the Life

This Is the Life

You know you have it good
When you are in the neighborhood
Being toted around town
Puppy pads not touching down

Taking in the sights
With much joy and delight
Watching everyone on their feet
Walking to the tune of life's beat

From a place of comfort, I watch
Relishing in this life  
Letting the bunions breathe
I can take a reprieve

Sitting in my carrying tote
Feeling the breeze on my furry coat
Enjoying the beautiful scenery 
The lush trees, flowers and greenery

This is the life, this is the life

Written in response to Sadje’s prompt, http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/03/06/what-do-you-see-176-6th-march-2023/

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This is the life was published first on Inspirebyonika.com on March 10, 2023

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Diversity Topic Words of Wisdom

Unity

Unity
Unity is peace, Unity is the umbrella
Being united means coming together
Together for whatever comes our way
Differences, views and opinions

The issues will come our way almost every day
Unity will be the saving grace
Grace keeps our sanity together in every way

Grace begets compassion and understanding
Compassion for what is different than us
Understanding for things we don’t know
In our hearts grace and unity will overflow

Equality, acceptance, hope and love
Is what a sense of unity does
For communities both below and above

We may look different on the outside
But we all have blood running through our veins
Let not those things make us collide
When we have grace, love remains

Unity not division, lets love take over
What we thought we knew about one another
Take the time to speak 
Speak to that sister or brother

Resist the urge that breeds
Hatred, violence and racial bias
We may not always agree
Unity is what frees

Black history month and year long
Promote unity not the same sad song
Songs of brutality, racism and wrongs
Unity pushes everyone along

---O'Nika McGill---

Unity was first published on Inspire By O'Nika 
Feb 5, 2023

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Interjection

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Interjection

Excuse me, may I interject
Let me put things into retrospect
I am a human, animate
Between two sculptures, laminate

Laminate, sculptures void of life
Stone-faced, emotionless
Let me inject some feelings
Sadness, indifference, or joy will suffice  

Sadness has its place of reflection
The level of sadness depends on the inflection
Inflection in the voice of the owner
The owner who claims it

Indifference can go either way
You either care or you don't
Feelings have a way to sway
Even the most stone-faced and emotionless

Joy is what turns it all around
What makes a smile out of a frown
Let your joy astound
Inject joy and peace will abound

--O'Nika McGill--

Written in response to Sadje’s prompt, #168 WDYS

Interjection was first published on Inspirebyonika.com on Jan 15, 2023

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Topic Words of Wisdom

Lost Memories of Yesteryear

Lost Memories of Yesteryear

Open me, open me
What is inside
The suspense is killing me
Taking me on a wild ride

A new pair of shoes
A new dress
My mind is wandering
Let me take a guess

Open me, open me
But please don't shake
The sound may give it away
What has taken a long time to make

A photo album 
put together nicely
Fond memories of yesteryear
Nothing too pricey

Open me, open me
If you get lonely or sad
Just look at the pictures
You will be glad you had

Memories of yesteryear
what a joy to see
lost in the back of my mind
What a delight to finally find

Written in response to Sadje’s prompt #166 WDYS

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Where’s My Sugar?

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Where’s My Sugar?

Where's my sugar?
Are you going to kiss me or what?
These circles are starting to make me dizzy
Besides, I don't have all day, she says.
He replies, Alright, don't get in a tizzy

She adds, we don't have to touch
Just put your lips on mine
Pucker up and lay it on me
Really, is that too much?

Shyly, he says, It's just that...I'm in a daze
The circles put me in a trance
Your eyes are so beautiful
I'm locked in a gaze

Impatiently, she replies, the circle of life is not infinite
Maybe we'll meet again but I have to go now
When we next see, I'll lay a kiss on you so good
You can't help but to take a bow

Written in response to Sadje's prompt #165, what do you see?

Where's My Sugar was first published on Inspirebyonika.com on December 21, 2022

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Self Awareness Topic

Unseen and Unheard

Speaking to someone in passing
Saying, hello
They seem to just look over you
Like you aren't there

Asking a question
The silence creeps in
No one replies
Hello, is anyone there?

Being seen and heard
Not much to ask
Doesn't cost anything
No credit card or cash

Perhaps it's lazy lips
No need to part your mouth
In an effort, to be civil or kind
Just keep your head down looking south

Are you that self-centered
Too busy to speak
How does it feel when it happens to you
You are not so unique

Get out of your head
Come back down to earth
Live in the real world
Not in a fictional place instead

Too much of a burden to exchange a greeting?
To smile or wave to someone in passing
Just a simple gesture between people
Try it, it is not so fleeting

--O'Nika McGill--
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Morning Motivation

Morning Motivation
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Morning Motivation

Moving
Onto things
That 
Inspire
Vivid images in an
Almost perfect
Time of reflection
Involving 
Ongoing and uplifting
Nuances


---O'Nika McGill---

Written in response to Sadje’s prompt#156

What do you see #156- October 17, 2022

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Majestic Observation

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Majestic Observation

Majestic eyes
see many a thing
some of which
makes my heart sing

People take one look at me
they often wonder
is this a fierce beast
or do I see majesty

A big lion with small eyes
eyes that observe much
from a vantage point fit
for the likes of a lion and such

Such beauty in the wild
things that we ignore
slow down, take stock
these things you will flock

Flock to observe these majestic creatures
their imposing size, big mane
mighty roar, intoxicating gaze
among other features

A fierce beast or a big cat
what do you see?

---O'Nika McGill---

Written in response to Sadje's picture prompt #153

What do you see # 153 September 26,2022

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Love and Acceptance

Love and Acceptance

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Holding you close
Showing you love
Is what mothers do
A bundle of joy, so pure like a dove

As Mom’s doing our best
Protecting from the elements
Of hurt, pain and disappointments
Is something that one must not jest

A child and their mother
Is a lifeline like no other
Hearing your child’s laughter
Is a sound not comparable to another

Seeing your child grow
Acceptance encompassing you both
Supporting notions and dreams
Sharing with each other, letting them know

Through a mother’s embrace
You are loved and accepted

– – -O’Nika McGill- – –

In response to picture prompt what do you see #152

What do you see # 152 – September 19, 2022

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Words of Wisdom

Silence The Noise

Silence The Noise

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Silence the noise means to trim the fat

Trimming the fat is the extra, this, this and that

The extra is the desire to vent

Venting feels like time well spent

But it requires bending someone’s ear

Usually, this is the person who is most near

Whether they want to hear you or not

Doesn’t matter to you, you are just hot

Hot, sick and tired and mad

Just sitting back wishing you had

Had only spoken your mind

Now you wonder, how you got yourself in this bind

The bind of not knowing what to do

The noise, the noise it’s too much ado

The noise that only you can hear

Playing over and over and is causing you to fear

Fear the thing called negative self-talk

Stop playing this negative self-talk and walk the walk

Walk the walk of the powerful person you are

It’s only you who can set the bar

How low or how high is up to you

Silence the noise, silence the noise

Remember; it’s up to you

O’Nika McGill