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all my worries

Wasting far too much timeWorryingAbout peopleWhose names ill likely forgetAnd jobs ill probably quit in a few monthsMinor inconveniencesThat will be irrelevant tomorrowMoneyIm bound to…

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hanging out with the pain

MaybeWith a bit of patienceAmid the chaosTerror can turn into something beautiful And sitting in the painFor long enoughNot judging the feelings that ariseCan yield…

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when up is down

sometimesthe worst thingsthat happen to us turn out to be the greatest blessings in disguise and up is downin turns outnothing makes sense when good…

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The Problem With Success

I think sometimesThe unrelenting desire to succeedDrive and ambitionSo applauded in our societyIs caused byCertain feelings of inner deficiencyA hopeThat maybeOnce enough has been accomplishedThat…

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colors of emotion

colors of emotioncloud my visionframing the outer layersof my understanding of reality i often forgetthat these aret e m p o r a r yand…

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The Journey of Exploring My Own Sexuality

I knew at six years old that I liked girls. My very first crush was on my mom's friend. But I also knew at that…

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How Our Education System Socializes Us: Teaching Hierarchies

Throughout our twelve years of school (or more if one decides to pursue higher education), our minds are inundated with a huge onslaught of information.…

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Maybe Writing Doesn’t Need to Make Sense

For a while, I struggled a lot internally with the inconsistencies I found in my writing. Looking back to earlier pieces I've written, I can…

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dominos

A series of coincidencesPerfectly alignedSo that I could arriveWhere I amBut as it was happeningI had no ideaHow significant they wereRandom occurrencesMean so muchOver the…

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