What Does God Think?

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Did God really say to not spare the rod?
Did Jesus really say children are the most important in the kingdom of God?

Then how does God feel when a desperate and confused child,
Who has just suffered the rod,
Is kneeling before His throne
Weeping
Begging Him for answers to why their life is the hardest?
Why were they created to just suffer?

Is trauma really worth it
If you’ll become society’s example of a stronger and well rounded individual, later on?
Is the end really worth it?
If you (almost) ended it all, along the means?

What does God think?

How does God respond to that child growing up traumatized?
A bruise that leaves stains of blood on whoever they meet

Do they deserve hell, then?

@sircharlesthepoet

Mother From Son

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facts, familymisunderstandings, misunderstood, motherandson, mylifestory, mystory, relationshipstories, separated

We were all scared of her. And now that I think about it, I never knew why.

She was a serious person, for sure. Serious, and when she gets angry, she would be very and scarily angry. But that’s every women. That’s every men. That’s human. So I don’t really know. There was always a distance, a separation, between us.

Years later, many, many years later, I found out why. She was the mother of the house, but she wasn’t my mother. But more specifically, she gave up two of her kids–her motherhood dreams–to give my sister and I a place to be. A home to stay. A family to belong to–call ours. In her dwelling. And from that moment, still going on today, my family has been torturing her for it. Vilifying her acts. And meanwhile, I don’t think they really did much (aside from fighting each other). She was the one who made the sacrifice. The ultimate sacrifice, I would say.

So now I’m starting to understand why, my whole childhood, there was always a disconnect between her and I. Something holding her back. Something holding us back.

From each other.

I would be an endless stretch of deserted miles away from her, when in reality, we were just across the room from each other. Me sitting on a couch, her on another, next to the father. Our line of sight briefly intersect, brush each other, at times. But all this background noise, all this unseen chaos, holding us back: mother from son.

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Here’s some of my story. Thank you for reading.

Keiken Media (The Fashion Brand–and more!)

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beautifulart, fashionbrand, healthandwellness, keikenmedia, onesownexperience, reimaginefashion, reimagining, sunshineland, sustainableliving

https://keikenmedia.org/2020/09/20/losfierroestudio/

Hello everyone!

I have a wonderful surprise! I recently learned that Keiken was found and is led by a classmate of mine from high school (who I was no longer in touch with because I’m TERRIBLE at that stuff)! While looking through some of the photos on Keiken, I saw the picture above, and it stopped me dead in my tracks! “Wait…I KNOW HER!” I remembered that girl from when I was in high school! She was a senior when I was a freshman, so we were never close—we knew of each other’s existence because the school was so small! I reached out to her, and in talking more about Keiken, here’s what I learned:

Keiken Media is a digital creative agency with a rising streetwear fashion brand. The company identity is tied together by cross cultural integration of style expression from Japan, the origin of its name, the Caribbean and Black American communities in the United States.

Currently displaying several capsule collections, the Keiken catalog consists of brand staple pieces like the Classic Keiken Embroidered visor to protect you from the sun while keeping you looking cool. As well as the Classic Keiken Embroidered packable champion windbreaker that can be easily be used as storage for itself, making the item exude laid back confidence, youthful innovation, and functionality.

The company name Keiken translates from Japanese to “one’s own experience.” Like the brand’s nomenclature, the Land of Sunshine collection grew from the definition of the inspiring country’s name. Japan translates to “sunshine land” and the emblem for this capsule collection shows how Japanese culture is ingrained in the brand’s DNA and radiates throughout the design.

The Newest items are centered around one of the three pillars of Keiken. The Pillars are Health, Wealth, and Sustainable Living. For the wealth portion Keiken Media encourages education and engagement with cryptocurrency and the various lanes of the growing decentralized finance space. The collection includes T’s, sweat shirts, and fun accessories like socks and stickers.

Check out some of the styles Keiken offers here: https://keikenmedia.org/shop/

Keiken Media (The Enigma)

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art, clothing, fashion, fashionline, luxurywear, modernclothing, selfexpression, streetart, streetclothes, streetwear, streetwearfashionline

Keiken Yuck You Sweat Shirt

Keiken Media is a digital creative agency. The company specializes in creating a unique online presence for new and emerging brands. Keiken Media also has its own Streetwear Fashion line, a vehicle for the creative passions of the world traveling team to share their international inspiration. The various capsule collections serve as pieces of a tapestry, acting as a woven quilt of Keiken’s identity. The company operates and creates under “The Three Pillars of Keiken” which promote health, wealth, and sustainable living.

Keiken Media offers a range of digital services to clients. The team has produced editorial quality photo and video shoots for projects such as but not limited to; album covers, international performances, conferences, and tours. The digital agency has launched successful e-commerce businesses for print on demand, drop shipping, and personal boutiques. Keiken Media promotes positive self-expression with the development of portfolios for their clients.

Learn more about Keiken Media at Keikenmedia.org.

Keiken Media

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art, creativeendeavors, creativepursuits, creativity, digitalmedia, digitalmediacompany, digitalspace, keiken, keikenmedia, media, mediacompany

Hello everyone!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day and week! I haven’t been posting poetry this week because I’m actually working on a small poetry book/series. It’s going to be free so I hope to be able to share it with as many of you as possible. Comment if you would like to have a copy of the series.

Anyways, while surfing the internet–searching for what’s out there–I came across this company that caught my attention: Keiken. I thought the name was interesting. Looking more into the organization, I became captivated by the work that they do.

I’ve never written about other companies on my pages before, but after checking out their page and reading about what they do, I decided to support them more. Additionally, what they do is right up my alley: support people’s creative endeavors. I have a brief summary of them below. Please, CHECK THEM OUT!!! 😀

Keiken Media is a digital creative agency that specializes in building clients an online presence. The company has a proven portfolio of crafting logos, websites, and social media content strategies from scratch to increase brand interaction and recognition within a desired audience.

Keiken Media delivers photography, videography, and creative direction with technical knowledge on all production ventures. With the new shift in the world the company has adapted from creating in physical locations to managing creativity in the digital space.

Inspired by life in Osaka Japan, Keiken; meaning “one’s own experience”, is infused with the electrical energy of two of America’s greatest cultural hubs, New York City and Atlanta. The world traveling team can always make an impromptu office on the coast line which allows for tranquility and fluidity over everything they produce. 

Learn more about Keiken Media at Keikenmedia.org

Keiken Media does a broad range of things to support the creative community, and the environment. For the next few days, I will be posting more about them! Keep an eye out for that, and definitely check out Keikenmedia.org!

Destinations And Journeys

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I wonder, if the stars ever blank their lights
Jealous at sights of the moon.
I wonder, if the moon ever decides
“I’m tired.
And I should be”
So it silently rests its head
In the arms of the ocean that can’t ever be lost.

I wonder, if the moon ever overslept?

So we know that: sometimes
It is okay to no longer be strong
It is okay to drench in your weakness.
Take the time to analyze,
Realize,
Fantasize with the mental eyes
Why?
Has your light grow dim
Why?
Has your glory descend

I wonder, if the sun
Ever decided to unstrap its running shoes
And stop chasing the moon.
Feel the magic of the ocean,
That these Homo sapiens go to…to get more intimate.

I wonder, if the sun ever self-bathe?

Then
Maybe then
I could finally calm cool collectedly catch up to it, to ask:
What are your sentiments?
Each time you realize that you live by day, dancing in your light
When your dreams are creatures of the night?
What are your sentiments when—
Have you ever noticed that you’re chasing without sight?

To think you’ve found victory, when truthfully
You’re drowning in your foolery
Your trickery

I would like to ask the sun
Have you ever thought: you were happy.
But you’ve actually tripped into your own cunning sea?
The society pulling you left
As your personality tells you it’s right.

I wonder, what choice
The moon is to forever lament over
By living in darkness for the rest of its days?
I wonder if the moon will ever notice that
It should stop crying,
The waves wants to embrace it
The Homo sapiens needs it to make love;
Feel alive

I would like to,
Before I die,
Fetch a cup of sunshine
And carefully whisper in its ears
“Don’t be saddened.”
The road changes, and clouds might be at high chances
But stars are looking back, smiling
To paint your path.
You might feel lost—
Your journey;
A cake of pointless decisions
Iced by confusion

But can’t you see?
The tough road is not a place of milk and honey because
It’s celestial.
Only those with the spirit of gods
Can settle there. Cheers~

@sircharlesthepoet

I’d Rather Be A Rat (Video)

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7 years ago, my favorite spoken word artist, Suli Breaks, dropped a video called “The American’T Dream (The Purse Suit Of Happyness)”. Before you read further, go watch that video (linked below). It will be worth your time. Suli’s video is speaking out to people who are striving for success by working an unsatisfactory job. That poem moved me!

At one point in his video, Suli said, “even if you win the rat race, you’re still just a rat”. So I took that quote, put it on its ass. Then put it on its head. And then I responded with a poem. As far as the concept of a “rat race” goes [I think] my poem makes absolutely no sense crying emoji. But as far as Suli’s quote goes, I may be on to something…el oh el.

@sircharlesthepoet