Writing prompt: What you are built for @nyclwg #amwriting #writingprompts

I am a ship in harbor. No movement. Gently floating. Present. My sails are my hair controlling my direction… I am guided by the wind…

Oya acompáñame…

Yemaya protégeme…

my bow keeps me centered…

my hull keeps me grounded…

I am steady… firm… I float… I sail…

What I am built for… is freedom

Free spirit

Free thought

Free living

Carefree

Journey

No worries

Secure

Stability

What I am built for is love…

I love you like a strawberry charms lollipops and sunflower seeds

I love you like my first Menudo album, rocking my Miguel Angel button

I love you like … “cool it now….. slow it down… you’re gonna lose control…”

I love you like … “Mr. Telephone man there’s something wrong with my line…”

I Love you like … El Debarge… “Love me in your special way…” “And all this love is waiting for you…” and “I know a place where we can dance the whole night away underneath electric stars…”

I love you like… “I’m writing this letter to let you know… this love of ours just can’t go… it’s for real… this letter… I write to you love letter.”

I love you like… “Your love… is better than ice cream… better than anything else that I could try…”

I love you like… “I’m every woman…”

I love you like… “Roxanne… Roxanne…”

I love you like… the wop

I love you like… laughter and joy

I love you like… possibility

I love you like… peace

I love you like… skittles and starburst

I love you like… honey and tea

I love you like… Cuba

I love you like… life

I love you like… birth

I love you like… forever

I love you like… religion

I love you like… faith

I love you like I could go on and on…

My love is endless

What am I built for?

I am built for loving…

Completely…

With all of me…

I am built for women

I am built for children

I am built for serving

I am built for living

I am built for lifting

I am built for giving

I am built For… giving

forGiving

Forgiveness

Forgive me

I forgive you for hurting me

I forgive you for mistreating me

I forgive you for not loving me

I forgive me for forgetting what I am built for…

And so it is…

I begin this day with so much gratitude… so much love for me… and so much love for you.

Time is up!

Aché