What is power? I believe “power” is being your own boss. Doing what you want to do. Not having to answer to anyone. Living your own life. I believe money gives you power.
I realized today that right now in my life I have no power. Being broke. Living paycheck to paycheck. Not being able to do what you want in life gives you no power. I can’t go where I want. I can’t travel. I can’t hit up the spots I want. I can’t dress the way I want. I just can’t do the things I want to do now!
I really have no say in my life in all aspects. Women control my thoughts and feelings. I am always getting heartbroken, tossed aside, and/or just dealing with some bitch. In my work, I always have a boss that I am catering to and needing for my survival now. I don’t mind answering to a client. That’s fine because it’s an equally powerful situation. But, when you are always the assistant and never able to really make a business decision for yourself… You feel pretty powerless. You feel pretty useless. You feel pretty damn pathetic.
I feel pretty pathetic in my life now. I have all these projects. All these things. Still left unfinished. And when I do finish one of them… It’s seems I still have to do 10 more revisions! It also seems it’s still never good enough and I have to go back and change shit. My reality show concept is done… Just to have to go back and revise shit after speaking with MTV and A&E. I spent a year… shooting, editing, and developing my reality show and now I have to go back and do shit all over again! SOOO FRUSTRATING! And when I am going to find the time now between my other side projects, full time work, and actually trying to have a social life?!?!?!
I guess I am just frustrated in my daily life. I feel powerless in my career. Powerless in my dating life. And powerless in terms of my money. Nothing in my life seems to be growing or moving forward. I think money hinders my power. I think not having money overall makes me powerless. Not being able to afford my own NICE place yet… Translates into me not getting ass yet. Not having money hinders me in trying to get my own projects going….. Can’t pay for anyone to edit my shit. Can’t pay for anyone to shoot my shit. I have to do it all myself. And that takes time. Takes energy. Takes my power.
I don’t feel I have any power in my life now. So, I guess that’s why I feel the need to escape all the time. I feel this need to get out of my head on a constant basis and not deal with the reality. The reality that my life isn’t going anywhere and I can’t control anything around me. The only thing I can control is how I get up in the morning. I don’t even control what I wear because buying clothes requires money. I don’t even control what I eat because buying food requires money. Money controls this life. And I don’t have any of it.
Now, I know I am not the only one that feels this way. Everyone in this life is powerless in some respects. The super rich still have to answer to someone in their personal lives. The super poor have to answer to society. And people like me in the middle have to answer to everyone above and below them. I just wish I had one thing in my life I could control. Maybe this is the reason why I avoid love/relationships/feelings/etc because every time I do fall in love it’s always a powerless situation. Something beyond my control. And I hate not being in control. And I hate losing myself in someone else.
I lost myself with my ex. I am happier as a single bitch now. But, I am still not happy. I am not happy with my career now. I am not happy with my financial situation. I am over not being the ruler of my own land. Sometimes I let the powerless feelings overwhelm me…. So, when the weekend hits… I let go. Let loose and neglect all my responsibilities. Which only makes me feel even more powerless in the light of day. So, then I shame myself. Hate myself. And just continue the same pattern again next weekend.
I am better than most tho…. I still let my dreams guide me. And I get my shit together sometimes. I’ll wake up hung over and edit some shit, pump out a blog, film an event. I know my purpose in life. My purpose is to make tv shows. My purpose is to entertain people. That’s why I was put on this earth. That’s what I was built and made for now. I just wish I didn’t feel so powerless in my path trying to get there.
Everyone in this life is powerless. The universe controls our destiny. Our time. And our lives. But, some people hold more power than others… Rich White People. Being rich and white secures you power in this society. You can demand what you want. Walk into any bar or restaurant and get what you want. You can literally rule the world. But, the rich in general have to answer to the people. The rich have to answer to loved ones. That’s where they give up control. That’s where they become human.
I am always human. Caged in. Locked in by society. Not having a voice. Not being seen. Not being really seen by this world. A black lesbian. The silent of all voices. There are no images of me on tv. There are no real role models in mainstream society. We are a silent community with no power. White men have power. White men rule this world. Black people will never play catch up! And women still earn less than a man in this society now. Gay people are fighting to get fucking married. So, as a black lesbian. A triple minority. I am forgotten. Hated on. Feared. And Ignored. I am silenced. I am shamed. I am put down. I am nothing. I am truly powerless.
Discrimination lingers around me. Ignorance bleeds into my daily life. I am the most powerless human being. Always an uphill battle. And I guess I am just tired. Tired of fighting. Tired of being ignored. Tired of being me. I want a simple life. I want good things to happen to me. I want luck. I want a break. I never get a fucking break. I never get a chance. I never get anything in this life. I am always fighting one battle and never winning the war in my dating life, in my career, and just living in this fucking society.
Here is the battle of my life:
My dating life is a constant battle between what I want and what I can’t have. Racism stands in the way. And my personality scares the masses. Because I am too strong. I am not powerful. But, I am strong. I am strong from fighting the daily battle that is my life. I just want things to be easy for once. I want things to go my way for once. I want to find love for once. I want to enjoy someone for once. And not have it be a game, or a battle, or a struggle. I want love to be easy. Why can’t have that? I have nothing else in this life. But, why can’t I have that? What can’t I have love?
Love = Zero Points.
My career. I have had some good jobs. I have a stacked resume. I am good at my shit. I am talented. I am smart. I have ideas. Good ideas. I know I can be great. I know I can be better than myself. I know I can be the next Shonda Rhimes. I know I can entertain the masses. But, I just need that break. That opening. That window into the secret world of production. Because I am there. I am ready. I am ready for money. I am ready to be happy. And I am ready for people to enjoy me and the content I can bring to their world. I just want to make people happy. I want folks to escape in my shows. I want people to laugh, cry, and just enjoy their viewing experiences of MY televisions shows, film, books, etc. I want to visually touch people. I want to make people happy. I want to make people think. I want people to escape in the world I created for them! This is what I want to do in life! My dreams are my WAR. Bigger than any battle. Bigger than myself. A constant struggle to be great. I just want that “Green Light!” But, as I age I just feel the clock ticking away at my greatness and then over the years I will be left alone just fallen, broken, and never truly complete in this life. I have to beat the clock in life. But the clock just keeps on ticking……
Career = Zero Points.
And what is left in my game of life now? Nothing. If I don’t have love and I don’t have a career I have nothing… Yeah, I have friends and good family. But, I have nothing else really holding me up now. Nothing else having me win in this life. I don’t have money. I don’t have job security. I don’t have anything to speak for my name. I haven’t accomplished anything in this life yet. The memory of me is nothing at this point…. I am a shell of a human being just walking around trying to wage a war on the the world and trying to get my voice heard now. I am constantly being silenced. Constantly being beat down. Constantly standing alone. I am good at being alone. But, sometimes I want more.
Sometimes I don’t want to walk alone.
Sometimes I don’t want to fight.
Sometimes I want that break.
Sometimes I want what the white people have!
Sometimes I want my grass to be fucking greener.
Sometimes I want my revenge.
Sometimes I want to be fucking happy.
I am tired of being passed over in terms of love. I want to be the chosen one. I am tired of being the better person in relationship having to move on, get over it, and let some nasty cunt get her way all the time. I am tired of being good. I am tired of doing what people say. I am tired of doing what is “Expected of me.” Never rocking that relationship boat. Never speaking out. Just being the perfect ending. The perfect girlfriend. Catering to another at my own expense. I want to be selfish. I want to be cold. I want bitches to run to me and pick me. I am tired of being rejected. I am tired of being walked on. I am tired of being powerless.
I am tired of being the GREAT assistant. I am tired of being perfect. Being funny. Being compliant. I want to be “the bitch!” I want to tell it like it is. I want to be the boss. I want to run shit. I want to fire people. I want to crush a kids dreams. I want to hold the POWER. I want to be in POWER. I want to rule the motherfucking world. I am over it. I am over being silenced in terms of my sexuality, my looks, my weight, my hair, my everything. I am just over it. I am just over being powerless.
So, how can I change my life now?
There is nothing to do! Society will never love me. I can’t change my color. I can’t change my sexuality. I don’t want to change my gender. So, I just have to deal. Continue dealing with my bullshit. And keep trying to reach my greatness. Keep trying to win the war. Keep trying to beat the odds. Keep just giving up on love. Keep trying to entertain the world. And Keep trying to deal with being me.




















