The smallest coffins are the heaviest as they are stark reminders of the greatest failure of mankind, children targeted by terrorists is the exact eye for an eye ideology that has left the whole world blind. Their tiny voices may have been silenced now but they will echo throughout time, until we can find a way to ensure that no child is ever left behind. There is no humanity when parents are forced to bury their young, no sense of security when classrooms are emptied and filled with blood. These atrocities seem to increase in alarming numbers, creating communities that are stripped of their liveliness and then deprived of their slumber. From Sandy Hook to Nigeria, Syria, Israel or Palestine, these senseless acts of brutality will never fail to cross the line. No amount of time could heal the broken hearts of mothers forced to find the courage to remain strong for little sisters and brothers. The arrogance of man s...
Accident-prone yet bulletproof, resilience courses through my veins. After pulling shrapnel from my own hell-bent self-destruction, all I was left with was me. Through embracing my darkness, I found the light. Here lives a collection of poetry, prose, and reflections on trauma, survival, desire, and becoming.