DetermineD Magazine Sept-Nov 2013 | Page 17

DM: Thank you for inviting us into your life Lady D. Donetha: Oh no problem [chuckles]. DM: So here I sit doing an interview with who I want to coin as “Donetha the Great” because of all of the things that you have been though and have dealt with and yet you have found a way to keep on going. A true inspiration, even if I must say so myself. Donetha: Wow, thank you for such kind words, but I can’t take any credit. I have to give it all to my personal Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because if it was left up to me, this story would have been over a long time ago, you feel me. God did this. I had nothing to do with it [chuckles], He did it, all of it and I praise Him for it. DM: I’m with you on that. So let’s start by talking about your poetry. I was reading one of your poems, the one titled Chaos, and believe it not, I was able to feel every word of it, even the chaos in it. What was your story behind writing that poem? Donetha: I actually wrote that poem about ten years before it was published and at that time in my life, all I knew was chaos. It seemed that everything around me was in a mess, you feel me. It was as if chaos was a piece of me, of who I was. It was where I was at in that time of my life and what life was like in my world growing up. The most beautiful part about this poem is that I wouldn’t change a thing about it because all that I’ve gone through has made me the strong person that I am today. DM: I can understand that. But hold on, let me switch gears a minute. P &??"F??W"7F'B?vRvW&RF???r&?WBF?R( ?>( ?v?&B?F??WF??v?B( ?>( ?v?&C???D???R???rF?Rv?&B?F??WF?????W?F?W&R&R??B?b( ?>( ?v?&G2???f?6'V?'????Rv???F??fRF?FV???Rv??6???R??^( ?&RF???r&?WB?D?r?6??R????r?F??( ?B??R?R6??B?F??WF??vV????^( ?&Rv???rF?&V6W6RF?N( ?2F?R???v?F?BvRv???&R&?RF?F?67W72?B?D??6?V'2F?&?E?7V?6?FR?F??WF????v?&???F??Vv?B??RvW&Rv???rF?6?( ?6??N( ???Vv?5?'WB?V???FV?Bv?F?F?BF??Vv?B??V???WfV?G&?VBF?F??B6?W?R?bF??W2????fR???V???N( ?2??F???rF?'&r&?WB'WB?B?26??WF???rF?B6??V?B&RF?VB&?WB???RfVV??R?&V6W6R?FV'5???F???gFV??v?V?vRfVV?F?BF?W&R?2??F???r?VgB?vRFV?BF?&W7V?BF?F?BV?F??FRV?B?f?&vWGF??rF?Bv?B?2&V??B???b??2v?&B???F??bF?B?vR?F??6R?bW2v??( ?fR'&V6?VBF?RW&??WFW'2?b?fR?BvV?BF?F?BG&VFgV?VFvR?FV?BF?6?WBF?v??B??BF?&?WB?B??B&V????rF?B?W"7F?'??W7B?v?B&RF?B?GF?R&?B?bV???"V?6?W&vV?V?BF??VW6??V??RV?6Rg&??7GV??F???rF?B?V?bWFW&??F??F????D??V??fVV???R'WB?B?6?66&W2?RF????rF?B?Bv?B??B?B??2??G2????R??B6?V?B?fR&VV?F?BF??2F??F?F???v?B??B?fR?V?VB?FV'5??F??WF??F??( ?B&R66&VB??N( ?2'B?b?fR???R???r??B?2V?f?&v?f??r'WBF?BF?W6?wB??Rf??BF?Rf7BF?B?BF?W2W??7G2?F?R6B'B?2F??3??N( ?2?gFV?F?BvRF??( ?B???r?"v??( ?B???r?W"?v?7G&V?wF?V?F??v^( ?fRF?V??W"?V?bf?F??BG&FVB?Bf?"F?B?V?bFVF???r?rP??