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“blink twice if i’m in danger”
If forgiving someone is giving up your pride, not forgiving them is sacrificing your freedom. But just like most things in life, this starts within oneself. I wonder how different my life would be if I got a 30 second preview of everyone I met before I decided to build a relationship with them. I’m…
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finding connection amidst isolation
Would you consider yourself a happy person with sad moments or a sad person with happy moments? I’ve been thinking about this all day since I saw my sister’s Instagram story asking it as a poll. I didn’t hesitate to tap sad person with happy moments. Besides the fact that I have underestimated and poisoned…
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for you to see the stars
And all of the sudden, when and where I least expect it, things are warming up again. “That’s a hard thing to do, believe in people.” That’s the line the protagonist in the movie, The Peanut Butter Falcon, just said. It’s true. If you haven’t seen this movie, it’s a highly inspirational story about how…
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thin little lines & pretty white lies
trigger warning- drug usage, suicide, self harm. I wonder when I will stop fantasizing about disappearing. This is a very sad day because yesterday was so beautiful and happy. And today I am using all my self-control to not hurt myself. I have such a sophisticated way of appreciating and feeling things nowadays, but that…
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euthanize me like a puppy
On the car ride to the vet to put B-Bow, my family’s first dog down, my older sister and mom were crying hysterically. It was only after I waited for B-Bow to inhale one last breath and it never came that I fell to shambles on the cold tile floor of that clinic. I don’t…
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how to self-destruct completely
I’m writing this because the only piece of consistency I’ve had forever is having a pen and paper or keyboard to gather the words that make sense to me. It has been the way I heal, teach, and perform my best. Writing is something I can never stop getting better at, and when I don’t…