Grown Purpose – By Mercedes Knight
Sometimes it’s choosing to stay present. Choosing to remain rooted. Choosing to speak your truth anyway.
- June 8, 2026
- 9:00 am
- Short read
- Aprox. 5 mins in article
Mercedes knight
Barbados
- mercedes.a.r.knight
As long as the thrum between ribs
The persistent pressure
The calculated conscious
As long as I’m my own
With breath and life to speak of.
As long as laughter is alive in the hollow
And voices of pain pierce the surface
The rival of resistance coming to
As long as I know
And too am present
As long as I am allowed the gift of sowing spirit.
I will continue to be seated truthfully in this.
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