Can you feel me? Can you feel what I’m telling you?

Why haven’t you done what God told you to do?

Why can’t you love yourself for the person that you are?

What happened to you, Woman, what happened to your heart?

Have you been so mistreated that you have forgotten your worth?

Have you forgotten that you really are God’s Gift to this earth?

Why is it that your own inner beauty you cannot see?

You need to love yourself first…Can you feel me?

Can you feel me, Sista, what has this world done to you?

Are you going to succumb to all that it has put you through?

Are you going to let hatred breed in your heart and mind?

Are you going to let the true beautiful you be left behind?

You cannot wallow in grief and self-pity for the rest of your life,

While the pain and agony you’re going through cuts you like a knife.

Don’t continue to wander aimlessly through the night.

Wake up, My Sista, it’s time to see the light!

It’s time to realize your potential, be all that you can be!!!!

Recognize your importance…Can you feel me??

Can you feel me, Queen, Royal Nubian Goddess?

Asian Princess, delicate and modest?

Caucasian, pearly white, pure elegance?

Native American, strong graceful stance?

Latina Heat, bold and proud?

Italian Power, say it loud!

If I left you out, insert yourself here.

For God holds all colors of the rainbow dear.

And YOU are no exception, and don’t you forget.

It is important that you do not let

The stereotypes and bigotry get to you.

You are FEMME FATALE, there’s nothing you can’t do!

Get off your butt and feel the energy!

Pull that power from within you…Can you feel me??

Can you feel me, Beauty, stop settling for less.

Stop selling yourself short, you deserve the best!

Know that you are special, let nothing defeat you.

You deserve pure love, let no one mistreat you.

Your body is a temple, stop giving it away

To every Tom, Dick, and Harry that passes your way!

Take care of your children, they are a reflection of you.

Remember they imitate you in the things that they do.

Be that Bitch when you need her, sometimes you need a little hell,

But remember, you must be a lady as well.

Take care of your business, be bold and be brave.

Be a Strong Woman till you go to your grave!

Let your character be your testimony to the world.

Aint a damn thing wrong with it. You go, Gurl.

Look in the mirror every day and admire what you see.

You should be your biggest fan, dammit! Can you feel me??

Can you really feel me, Ladies, can you see where I’m coming from?

Can you see that we will die if we don’t stand up and be strong?

Can you see your sisters being misused?

Can you see wives and children being abused?

Can you see women afraid to prosper and think?

Can you see the Strong Woman becoming extinct?

Can you see women equating sex to their self worth?

Sistas placing their value on the size of their “purse?”

Sistas only finding domination between the sheets,

And following the “ballers” and the “players,” and dying in the streets.

Paying big dollars for tummy tucks and face lifts,

And still, never realizing that they are already “God’s Gift.”

You were…..are….and always will be…..

Lover, friend, mother, protector, soul mate, treasure, pure unadulterated BEAUTY…

My Beautiful Rainbow Sisters, reclaim your identity.

Now tell me…Can you feel me?

S Lynn Mitchell