A hammer against your ribcage, and your insides are roiling with trepidation, as the squeeze on your heart pushes out, at last, the final vestiges of what once bubbled over in yellow and splashes of brilliantly hued emotions and colors. The hammer knocks a bit out of you each time, and, unexpectedly, your fire gets […]
Sometimes home calls your name so loudly, you cannot ignore it. But home is different for different people. For some, it is a place, for others, it is a feeling. For me, it is a hybrid of both. California has been home for ages now, I have always said that I was born in Kenya […]
Silence. Speaks volumes. Feeds assumptions. Highlights doubt. Destroys dreams.
I don’t know what this is. But this was supposed to be nothing. And yet, here we are, my heart racing, my brain giddy, my smile wide. I am fascinated by you. I told myself that this would be harmless. Assured myself that it was simple. I mean, you did only pop into my mind […]
It’s a mess. A jumble of emotions and slivers of doubt lacing themselves through. How do you keep the sunshine going?
When you sit down and think about where you’ve been, it may come as a surprise to realize how many versions of you there have been. I miss being in high school in Kenya, where the only things that mattered were that letter from an admirer at a neighboring boy’s school, Drama Club competitions, and […]
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Love, Loss, and Life's Adventures
The heart harries the mind to tarry; only dead fish go with the flow
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