A collaboration of forty-two on interconnecting thoughts, emotions, and journeys! Enjoy!
A poem inspired by people of colour, of injustice and racism, and feelings of inadequacy. Thank you for reading <3
On the lasting scars of imperialism and injustice across the world.
This is the reality we live in... this isn’t fiction. Believe it. We need justice.
This is a poem I wrote about the tragedies the black community has been facing for decades. Initially, I was so in shock, I didn’t know how to put it into words. But with time, I was able to express t...
I created this piece to combat racism in America.
This is a poem I wrote after a racist encounter at the grocery store recently. At the time, I turned the other cheek, partially because I was the bigger person but also in fear of being in danger if I...
They said your life was worth $4 and change (let freedom ring).
Inspired by the great injustice afforded to the family of Gregory Hill Jr.
If it makes your conscience desperately beat its wings against the glass cage of the world around you –
Poem from my teen years circa 2006, when I was mad crushed out on Bob Dylan. They were dark days and Bush years and times of "Patriot Acts", "Terrorism" and war crimes against the Middle East. I was 1...
Song Accompaniment:
30 Seconds to Mars - Hurricane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdJDPepGOAM
Racism feels like a weird amalgamation of emotions hard to express, something that feels akin to shame. It is often a silent and internal battle that many people of colour suffer in a world that does ...
I am full while others starve, safe while others live in fear, and mere gratitude doesn't seem like enough
A collaboration of forty-two on interconnecting thoughts, emotions, and journeys! Enjoy!
A poem inspired by people of colour, of injustice and racism, and feelings of inadequacy. Thank you for reading <3
On the lasting scars of imperialism and injustice across the world.
This is the reality we live in... this isn’t fiction. Believe it. We need justice.
This is a poem I wrote about the tragedies the black community has been facing for decades. Initially, I was so in shock, I didn’t know how to put it into words. But with time, I was able to express t...
I created this piece to combat racism in America.
This is a poem I wrote after a racist encounter at the grocery store recently. At the time, I turned the other cheek, partially because I was the bigger person but also in fear of being in danger if I...
They said your life was worth $4 and change (let freedom ring).
Inspired by the great injustice afforded to the family of Gregory Hill Jr.
If it makes your conscience desperately beat its wings against the glass cage of the world around you –
Poem from my teen years circa 2006, when I was mad crushed out on Bob Dylan. They were dark days and Bush years and times of "Patriot Acts", "Terrorism" and war crimes against the Middle East. I was 1...
Song Accompaniment:
30 Seconds to Mars - Hurricane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdJDPepGOAM
Racism feels like a weird amalgamation of emotions hard to express, something that feels akin to shame. It is often a silent and internal battle that many people of colour suffer in a world that does ...
I am full while others starve, safe while others live in fear, and mere gratitude doesn't seem like enough