Honest Portraits

This is me 
I am coming back from the edge

Close your eyes it gets better with time I promise

Shaun you will look back and remember these moments.

Shaun don't make promises you can not keep

Your deepest fear is not that you are inadequate its that you are powerful Shaun Flores beyond measure.




The war is internal I promise you. but I am a black boy with the mean mug look, and I handle it all to stand tall like I do
I see you but do you see me?


Stand tall
Sit tall



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