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A blue moon ago, I was asked, “What does it mean to love?” Well, I think I have an attempt to an answer. To love someone is to have someone else love you when you hate yourself. Understand the difference in each other, build a bridge to comprehend perspectives. Ground yourself, reteach you how to … Continue reading – untitled love entry – →

Thank You

Yellow hoodie, wet from the rain, don’t fade away from such a small stain. Instead, say thank you.

A Love Letter

Dear 11 year old me, I see your world crumbling. I know the walls around you are shaking, the floors breaking. I can hear the sound of the air vibrate so violently, and the strength in your legs weakening. I can see each tear be born, mature, and die. Your eyes tell it all. The … Continue reading A Love Letter →

Facing Adversity

Amanda, you were right. When faced with adversity or an awesome presence, I talk big talk, but shrink and hurt myself for not being enough. I’m challenging habits that I spent 10 years making and fixing them to work out my school schedule. People always called me the “golden boy,” the “one who will do … Continue reading Facing Adversity →

Bridges Burned

It doesn’t take a lot for me to be set off nowadays. And yes, I am ware that no one makes me mad, I choose to be mad at them. Or whatever that old coincident saying goes. But the point of it is that I burn bridges and am not the best at fixing the … Continue reading Bridges Burned →

Eating Alone

I had an epiphany about spending time with people that I care about today. I was sitting at my dinner table with my dad, eating homemade tacos. I was asking my brother when he was going to come and eat, since the food was ready. We were waiting for him to finish helping out my … Continue reading Eating Alone →

Opportunities

Days go by and I stare at my ceiling, waiting for the inspiration to do something.If there is anything that I have learned during this quarantine, it's that I am more of a dreamer than an achiever. I often dream of my success, or putting in the work to get to somewhere, instead of actually … Continue reading Opportunities →

Birthdays

Mic check, mic check. One. Two. One. Okay, this is working.On the day that I am writing and posting this. Let's talk about birthdays.Today is my birthday. I turn 21 today. 21 years alive, made it through the odds of the American society to avoid cops and trouble to see this age.And I'm going to … Continue reading Birthdays →

What Change Feels Like

I protested today. I went to a protest that was held in my neighborhood. Elizabeth and I both went, strapped with water, trail mix, face masks, hand sanitizer, and our burning desire for change. On our walk to the meeting place, we were passed by our old Vice Principal from high school. I was wondering … Continue reading What Change Feels Like →

QUARANTINED

QUARANTINED Isolation, Trapped in the body But freed in the mind. A prisoner to your own thoughts. The body, disconnected from the senses, The cardinal light, hidden behind walls of stone AND SELF DOUBT tucked snuggly next to self-worth. The mind, a torrent of unyielding ideas too powerful for the body to hold. It collapses, … Continue reading QUARANTINED →