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No Love Lost…
I refuse to harden to love It is a beautiful gift I adore love, through every pained and strained moment The warmth, the excitement, the satisfaction, the contentment Every risk in love is worth it The pain is fleeting, like the pleasure Platonic, romantic, familial…drown me in all of it…
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Gratitude
Building a community. Meeting friends for coffee. Feeling beautiful & desired. Having an abundance of choice. A supportive family. The privilege of freedom. The ability to pick & choose. A cozy home. I want to hold on to this. To remember how precious this contentment is
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Beyoncé
I wish I had the words to express my conflicted feelings. As I gain more understanding of inequity and reckon with the disgusting amass of wealth in such a small percentage of society, it is easy to channel my hatred towards them abstractly. & even concretely, in cases of billionaires,…
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No Home
I do not have a home, or a culture It was stolen from my ancestors Now I speak one colonizers tongue while I learn the language of another I wish I knew which ancestors to reach out to I wish I knew which lands were my own Instead, I wonder…
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Staying In
Am I wasting my time abroad if I stay inside so that I don’t spend money? I do go out when I have plans with friends, but I feel like I should be exploring the city solo. Unfortunately, that leads to me spending money, because I find so many random…
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Grief Should be a Process
Take your time I just got off the phone with a man whose mother passed away. We were speaking to one another because I had requested his services for an HVAC consultation last week and I was following up since I hadn’t received an estimate yet He shared that his…
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Don’t Touch My Hair
Recently, I traveled to Budapest, Hungary. I had been told by many that it was a totally rad place to visit and lots of fun. Unfortunately, I experienced racism while there, from being completely ignored by staff at restaurants, to being inappropriately touched and verbally assaulted. It was a rough…
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Poison Dart Frog
I wish I was a poison dart frog so I may sit on a tiny leaf as rain softly falls around me. To climb a moss-covered tree, feeling the slight give from the moist organism with every step I take. To watch droplets loll down as they gain enough weight…
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Back in the Saddle
So I clearly fell off again. This is my first time back on the site since my last post on February 25, 2024, and lo & behold, I have not done much to realize my goals. That is not to say I have done nothing. I simply haven’t maintained focus…
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It takes 10 years…
To become an overnight success. Recently, several artists & creators I enjoy have been celebrated and lauded in powerful ways and have seen their dreams realized. What I have noticed is that these folks have been in the game for over a decade and are now getting the flowers and…
