My journey to Greatness



I am the untold legacy of my ancestors.
I stand tall on the skeletons of unfulfilled dreams.
I walk on the giant footprints of broken promises.

She had a dark mind, blinded in something filled with roses and intriguing fragrances;
suppressed by a shadow I could never break free from nor call my own.

It suddenly dawned on me that I lived a life in the fear of illusion; the fear of the unknown.
In my moments of dark clouds, I stumbled upon a dimmed light from within;
a place that still had a little fire burning... It felt like home.

Looking back, the discovery of that light will never be on my option list. I am Me and that is my Superpower.

The Greatness within was written in my destiny long before the point of collision.

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Written on July 02, 2022

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Tenille M. Petersen

I am from South Africa, Johannesburg and grew up in Eldorado Park. My previous publications appeared in The Cambridge- Hall Poetry Journal, The Nightingale Poetry Journal as well as The Poet's Yearbook, honoring the Year's Top Poets (2021). more…

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