“I second-guess myself a lot, especially when it comes to my poems. And I am still working on overcoming it. Whenever I write, or before I put my poems out, I’m always worried that people won’t understand them; not because they’re poorly written, but because they’re not heavy on

No one knows you. No one has a story about who you are. No one is waiting for you to be the person you were yesterday. You're just a stranger in a chair by the window, watching a city that doesn't need anything from you. It's the feeling that anything could happen. That the

At least everyone agrees on Tommy.

“The neurons in my brain don’t fire effectively. I am a sad person, a really sad one and when you recognize a hole inside of you at 13 for no obvious reason, you set out to find a cause for it, sadness needs a reason. I searched myself and found a good reason for being sad: I

“As I get older and more mature, the most difficult challenge I’ve faced is understanding that people have different ideals; diverse manners with which they approach certain situations. And a lot of these may not align with my values or my way of thinking. Simply put, people are

“‘Hope are you sick?’ I mean who wakes up one morning and decides to shave off their hair? Well… me. And probably a lot of other people trying to survive something you can’t see. 2024 wasn’t a year of self‑discovery for me. It was a year of medication after medication, just

“I was born and raised in Windhoek, Namibia. I am a 21-year-old mother of two, a content creator, painter, makeup artist, and entrepreneur. One of the most difficult periods of my life was becoming homeless at 17 and battling suicidal thoughts and depression. When I turned 17,

If the best man doesn’t represent all men, then the worst man shouldn’t either.

I believe these couches were indeed bought that way.

Some of the cleanest cover art from last week’s drops.

All is fair in love and war, and life is all love and war.

Put yourself in situations where you have too much at stake to waste time or resources—if you cannot afford to lose, you won’t. Place yourself on “death ground,” where your back is against the wall and you have to fight like hell to get out alive.

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This is one reason why it irks me when people reduce stories of grit & resilience like this to “It was God”. Even if you believe in God, share your real stories with people. Inspire them with your actions.

The same thing I’m doing right now.

papa come home from hunt. empty hand. bad hunt. no meat. nothing. papa sit by fire. say nothing. face heavy. mama not ask what happen. mama not say "it okay." mama just put warm root soup in front of papa. sit next to him. close. shoulder touching shoulder. whole cave quiet.