One semester is down, seven to go to a Bachelor of Arts degree. In some ways I can’t believe I’m actually studying in university, fulfilling this long held dream of mine. There were times through my first semester that I wanted to quit, where I had complete meltdowns, ate cake, and crawled into a hole … Continue reading The Resurrection of Hope
It has enshrouded me. It has suffocated me. It has made me hate every fiber of my being. It has enveloped me like scorching billows of toxic smoke in a burning building. It has burned me alive and made me beg to die. It has mocked me and tormented me. It has isolated me and … Continue reading Not My Shame
Do you ever wonder what we thought and talked about before Covid-19? I can hardly remember and it does feel as if it’s taking over our lives and potentially ruling our future. Right now it feels like the whole earth is groaning, shifting, and trembling under the pressures, the stresses and the fears. So much is … Continue reading We will see the stars again
The wind picks up. A grey dusk moves in. The haunting twilight creating monsters out of any object still standing in the abandoned desert. Blackness is inevitably coming. It has been awhile. But it's been brewing and ever so steadily creeping its way in, not from one side but every direction she looks, the billowing … Continue reading Her Struggle with the Black
Concrete Abstractions 