“I tried to change.Closed my mouth more, tried to be softer, prettier, less awake.Fasted for 60 days, wore white, abstained from mirrors, abstained from sex, slowly did not speak another word.” – Warsan Shire I’ve…
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Talkin’ Teams
There were whole factions of people that I used to hang my life on. I’d speak to them daily. Never a week would go by where I wouldn’t reach out to them. They were active,…
“You’ll Be Back.”
Some advice you never forget. Even moreso if the quality of the person giving is extraordinary. I love my chapter. I’m grateful to have found it and be a part of it since 2001. Early…
First Person
She came in to the radio station once to sing this for us live, no accompaniment. We all knew in that instant that she would be a star. The SHEER emotion she exuded. If you’d…
Pete Fiel Mwen
Pronunciation – pay-tay fyelle mouenh Growing up it was a term I heard a LOT from my elders. Usually in relation to something they couldn’t take anymore of. Something so overwhelming that they felt that…
I’LL choose me
It’s the only choice I’ve ever had. *
Somewhere in there…
I heard him. This afternoon. The man I fell in love with. Dream building about our second child. God, he sounds just the same. Like he is frozen in time in there. But only let…
What I Gave Up for Love
I could rewind JUST Chance the Rapper’s verse and be contented forever. The words hit me so hard…. Who are you to tell me I can’t love you The way mothers love daughters? The way…