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Is This Who We’ve Become?
Last week, I received a call that no parent ever wants to receive – that there was a potential threat at my child’s school. After the police received information that there was a suspicious person...
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Feelings
Sadness. Everywhere I go, freedom escapes me. And that hurts, like a thousand paper cuts on the knuckles of the thumb. When will the pain end? When will enough be enough? Link to image >Filed under:...
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Dirt
Dirt. Ending up in places you don’t belong. Whoever thought you could be the source of so much unhappiness? What did I ever do to you? Have you come to disturb my peace? Have you come to unearth its...
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Breathe
I can’t breathe. Your unrealistic expectations are suffocating me. But you can’t hear my cries for help, Over the noise of your ego. Maybe my existence clashes with your own. But I don’t need to die,...
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White
They told me I was white Because I did not speak like the other black girls So I stopped talking And learned to write instead. I hid behind the written word So that no one would ever call me that...
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Lament Song
I woke up Wednesday morning feeling lost and confused, remorseful over the events of the night before. So much shame and a deep feeling of wantonness filled my chest, comprising the air circulating in...
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