I am not broken
“No, I am not broken.” This thought crosses my mind when I am packing up my belongings again. The movers arrived and we are loading my few possessions into my […]
I fly.
~ Standing on the edge of a cliff The sky is pale blue and the ocean mellow underneath. My chest is a swirl of snakes. Seldom such a cyclone Dances in […]
If I were…
If I were to run into the waves to get salt-drenched in the ocean With my eyes set on the moon and my hair in disarray -you would let me. […]
Poem
The shattered dream Like glass shards on the floor In the now frost-kissed room Devoid of you, so empty, so cold. I want to pick one of the embers- remnants […]
How Will I Know…
How will I know most definitely that your permanence is real? That a kiss on my lips, today, you steal will not become an obsolete antique buried in the affairs […]
I Don’t Know What To Do
I don’t know what to do two states of mind in me. I gaze at you each night still can’t decide. In the empty bed of mine I hear […]
Analyzing on Susan Sontag’s “A Woman’s Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?”
I love Susan Sontag’s essay “A Woman’s Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?” as it relates to a subject I am deeply passionate about, women’s equality. Susan Sontag wrote this piece […]
A new beginning – 1997
It was a busy afternoon at work, and I was getting ready to leave. I smiled at the thought of a nice warm summer evening ahead of me with a […]
On Morality
Morality is a set of rules that defines what good and wrong is. As I dig deeper, I come to an interesting conclusion that morality is very much influenced by […]
My Body
My body is not me and yet it is. The fact is, I get to use it and enjoy it for a lifetime. It can give me an immeasurable amount […]
On being a single mom
There is no right way to tell a story of being a single mom. There are as many unique stories as there are single moms. I will just attempt to […]
Forties
I could have not known this in my twenties when I thought I knew it all. In my thirties I was sure I had an intimate knowledge of life, and […]
Life Is A Mystery
Life is a mystery. It has taken me on a journey I would have never imagined was laid out for me. Now I am here, sitting in my English 100 […]
Life is Chaos
“Life is chaos, build a temple of peace in your heart” I was born a Capricorn and as such I thrived on creating my reality in a predictable way. Already […]
Dallas
“You have an accent!” I heard again. I smiled politely and replied, “Yes,” in my thick Eastern European accent. Some people said my accent was lovely, some didn’t care and […]
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