Sometimes searching for the ancestorsfeels like swimming upstream and then I remembermy friend from Hawaii who told methat I swim like a sharklike, water, that's your element So I take the plunge into the oceanand go with the flowborn againfrom the waters of Atabey's womb
Gedanken
Time
Time with youalwayspasses too fastBut every minutewith youseems worth moreThan a daywithout You
Looking back at 2021: sweet & salty caramel
2021 has been a mixed bag of sorts in many ways. I'll call it a sweet and salty caramel. I'm not the hugest fan of caramel in general, but if they're homemade, they can catch my attention. 2021 has had its share of heartbreak and hard moments, but all in all, I'd say that even … Looking back at 2021: sweet & salty caramel weiterlesen
Pause.
When inclusioninclusivityintersectionalitybecomenothing morethan catchphrases to hell with themfakenessalready fills the world a breatheris what we need
Trans Day of Remembrance 2021
Transgender Day Of Remembrance 2021 -375 trans* people were murdered during the last year. Many more were hurt and violated, and so many more can't be themselves for reasons of safety and transphobia. But those are so much more than just numbers. Each is an individual, a human being, a story has had just begun … Trans Day of Remembrance 2021 weiterlesen
ASD
So it seems thatautism shaming is still a thingmockery is still somethingableism even in a placewhere I wouldn't have expected ita place of studyfrom a teacher Your mockery-a silly remark,a stupid joke it wanted to be-heaped shame upon shameall blood fleeing from my soulwanting to disappearfrom the surfaceof the earth right there I've been through … ASD weiterlesen
Rise, Haiti, rise.
You shookat seven point two you shookyou trembled and rocked and torecollapsing, damaging, roaring and killingYou shook with untamed powerrumbling from deep belowwith unbridled violence Devastated streetstorn apart homesstreets filled with screaming and clouds of dustand sounds of moving debriswhilst mothers, fathers, children and cousinscall out in search for their loved onesblinded by dustwith bloodied … Rise, Haiti, rise. weiterlesen
A hug, not a kiss
One-hour long shower until my skin burns redScrubbing my skin with disinfectantA behavior I so well know from a time long ago, one I thought forgotten – unlearned As I lay in my bed wanting to cry with no tears to come – they have dried up long agoAs I lay in my bed, craving … A hug, not a kiss weiterlesen
150 years later
Let it burnlike they let usmake us die From my great-great-great-great-grandmothers and fathersin the plantationsto my father in the Rodney King riotsnot long ago –What has changed, I ask you? Slavery has been abolished —But the mindset —This is the apartheid nation Bring it down and burn it,hang it by the ropeas they did and … 150 years later weiterlesen
לכל איש יש שם
לכל איש יש שםeach person has a nameeach person had a nameeach person will have a nameand for each person not born there would have been a name the six million will not be forgottennot one of themnot the smallest child,reaching with little hands towards immabeing lead away to deathto awaken again in the heart … לכל איש יש שם weiterlesen
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