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hey guys... i wanted to know what is your input on skin lightening. alot of girls use diana, what are the harmful effects effect? i hear so many horror stories about it but i dont know for sure if they are just myths or actually true. i have a friend who's considering it, and i dont want her to do it only because of the things i heard. she's not dark, she's caramel complextion but she says she wants to use it to blend her stretch marks by lightening her skin so that it's not as noticable....does that work? what are the effects in the long run? this is an interesting topic for me, and i would really appreciate your sincere inputs and advice. thank you.

hey Il Capo yea, it's me again. you're poems are so touching and you are one very talented brother. there aren't that many of you out there and only god knows how hard it is to find a good man. i just wanted to say that there are so many gurls out there that would love to be in 'Maliaka's' shoes in a heart beat. it seems to me that this is a relationship that didnt work out, and i can totally understand you put so much energy and time into it which makes it harder to let go. but you cant just dwel on the past. you have to move on, and i am pretty sure you'll find someone as good as this mystery gurl or even better. things happen for a reason, i believe in faith, so maybe there is a good reason why it didnt work out for you. there's plenty of fish in the sea my firend, and there are a few good men out there, just make sure you don't get ripped apart by girls fighting over you.

ok, call me a hopeless romantic, or sensitive, or a sissy, but oh my god! that poem literarly brought tears to my eyes. as a poet you should be proud of yourself to have such an impact on a person. it was so sweet, and any woman who has you as her boyfriend, or even better, her husband should be HAPPY. i loved it. keep it up.

You don’t discriminate You listen patiently and actually appreciate For the most part you broaden my horizons and educate Help me grow and allow me to collaborate Get all my frustrations out and deflate A positive experience every time we associate I soundlessly sit and anticipate While you fill my head with ideas and decorate With you, I am not frightened to demonstrate Or to even guess and estimate In view of the fact that you don’t argue and debate Ready to accommodate Fed my curiosity Extended my creativity Treated me with respect and integrity Never judged my intellectuality Nor questioned my ability In you, I have found confidence and confidentiality Held me down like gravity Provided me with a sense of clarity Valued my roots, culture, religion and nationality Didn’t abuse your authority Encouraged me as a black female minority Reassured of our compatibility I seal my eyes shut, and visualize The unjust world I constantly try to accessorize Sugar coat it and caramelize While some attempt to glamorize I know it’s not in your nature to criticize But to recognize Collect my thoughts and help me organize Words! I love to utilize Even if I am not in the mood to socialize You don’t terrorize But sooth and moisturize With you, I am everlastingly hypnotized

What do I see when I think of you, honestly speaking, it ain’t picture perfect But lets talk a lil’ more and discuss this topic and how it’s affect has caused so much neglect and disrespect. It might get quite deep at a certain point of time but it’s something I need to get on paper and ink. Breath, let me think You claim that you care When you really scare They say you’re suppose to love, protect and nourish, but instead I see hatred and disgust In reality, you’re brutal and unjust In your eyes, I see evil and fear I always wondered to myself if you could ever be sincere But the same old curses and insensitive words I hear Sometimes I’d wish to my death bed I was near So I would no longer shed a single tear. It must really make you feel that much better to toy with my self-esteem Make me yell and scream only because you think you’re supreme Oh yes, you do love me, but everyone has their unique way of showing, your way must be the hard way Okay, Kick me and spite on me, no worries, remember I am just an insignificant tiny spec Brought into this world just to be, not only mentally but also physically wrecked Keep trying, maybe one day you’ll have the satisfaction of convincing me I was a mistake Oh god, I am trapped in a never ending nightmare, will I ever awake? You’re just a human imitation of a poisonous sneak Am I not a human being created by the all mighty Allah who deserves a peace of mind? One thing I know for certain is a peace of mind I will never find Especially around you All those nights I cried myself to bed, wishing the only person I loved more then life itself was still alive Laying wide awake in the middle of the night, even if the clock read five Will I ever survive? I never knew you can dislike someone so passionately Most of the time, trying to clutch on to ma sanity Stop comparing me to others, stop using my flaws to make me feel like dirt Only if you knew how much it hurt Sometimes you actually have me believing I certainly am worthless and pointless It hurts in the pit of my stomach to think how dumb and clueless You judge me to be, But on my behalf, I strongly disagree When I seal my eyes shut at night, I sleep with the screams in my ears As I doze off, my loved one appears And I am set free of all fears, that’s when I start to cheer When my eye lids part, I am brought back to reality, with the green eyed monster by my side i can run my fastest, yell ma loudest, but i can't no longer hide.

wow! i guess you do learn something new everyday. that lil' paragraph about the car insurance is pretty interesting, i neva thought of it, and the credit card bills too. but with the cell phone retention offer i must say i came across that. i wasn't trying to cut a deal wit them or anything, i just simply called to disconnect ma phone becuase i did find a better deal wit another company(i was wit rogers at the time) but they ended up giving me an even better one...whoa, i couldn't believe it.

mizz alpha soup... stoop to ma level? and what level would that be exactly? no need to get all rude and rowdy and gurl stop contrdicting your damn self. you ain't gonna turn this into tug and war but yet your'e here "trying" to trash talk me and ma opinions. iam not going to sit here and waste ma time on you and your nonsense. your'e the one talking about levels but gurl your'e a couple of levels below me cuz iam not going to sit here and bad talk you cuz i was taught betta than that and i got a lil something called "broughtopsy" meaning i was brought up right. after that being said, iam out.

MIzz Alpha soup, gurl aint nobody trying to earn no brownie points up in here first of all lets get that streight, and secondly i don't agree wit what you posted up, plain and simple. i just thought that was an ignorant comment you made, saying "acudhu bilaahi mina sheydhani rajiim...plz delete that from your poem , before my eyes burn to this notion of chrisitianity that makes our muslim faith beg to differ", i mean what is up with that? all iam saying is you shouldn't be saying that, it's wrong. it seems to be that you enjoyed reading his poem up untill you came across that part,respect what other ppls beliefs are, their views, their opinions, ect..... and most of all treat ppl the way you would like to be treated. iam pretty sure you wouldn't like it very much if someone started bad talking muslims, would you? iam just wondering, why can't you impose your beliefs without putting another person down? as i see it, you are basically saying your'e right and he's wrong, that's the vibe i get from you. DEADLY VISSION, abowe, i expected more than that from you fo' real , i neva thought in a million years you would say something like "in reality, you're not ma brother" and "you would neva be a part of ma community". ouch!!!! you did disappoint me!

MIzz Alpha soup, gurl aint nobody trying to earn no brownie points up in here first of all lets get that streight, and secondly i don't agree wit what you posted up, plain and simple. i just thought that was an ignorant comment you made, saying "acudhu bilaahi mina sheydhani rajiim...plz delete that from your poem , before my eyes burn to this notion of chrisitianity that makes our muslim faith beg to differ", i mean what is up with that? all iam saying is you shouldn't be saying that, it's wrong. it seems to be that you enjoyed reading his poem up untill you came across that part,respect what other ppls beliefs are, their views, their opinions, ect..... and most of all treat ppl the way you would like to be treated. iam pretty sure you wouldn't like it very much if someone started bad talking muslims, would you? iam just wondering, why can't you impose your beliefs without putting another person down? as i see it, you are basically saying your'e right and he's wrong, that's the vibe i get from you. DEADLY VISSION, abowe, i expected more than that from you fo' real , i neva thought in a million years you would say something like "in reality, you're not ma brother" and "you would neva be a part of ma community". ouch!!!! you did disappoint me!

Mizz alpha whateva don't disrespect the brother like that, just cuz he ain't muslim don't give you the right to put down what he belives in. learn to respect all gurl, christiens, jews, johovas witness, ect.........it's not your place to judge and critisize. son_of_eve, keep up the good work!!!and like i said b4, keep spitting them poems out.

Aaliyah....sweeheart that was beautiful...you know some ppl take things for granted and they sure as hell don't know what they have untill it is gone. thanx for sharing that touching poem, i enjoyed it, it nearly brought tears to ma eys.

WHOA!! this must be an extremly small world....i neva imagined i'd see you here on somaliaonline son of eve. well, if this is really you and it aint some low life who has extra tyme on his/her hands let me just say you are 1 hella talented brotha and i was feeling every single poem you wrote.....keep it up, stay positive!!!

nafisa, iam not saying iam trying to get someone's attention sweety,iam basically asking what does it take for a guy to notice a gurl?

is it just me, or are 95 percent of men/guys are DAWGS!!? ....no seriously!!