Dear #OYW2018 fam, Last week I took to the stage to share my story with you at the One Young World Summit. A few minutes before going on stage, I was in the bathroom trying to find a good reason why I should speak. I wanted to change my mind because I didn’t know how … Continue reading An Open Letter to the #OYW2018 Community.
Last night I lay in my bed thinking about all the friends that I have lost in the past. I have no idea how my train of thoughts took me back to those times, but I guess it’s because I just recently made an amazing new friend. We have met a few times before, but … Continue reading Friendships fade away and thats okay.
A few days ago I had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C for the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings. My first real experience started right before we landed when I discovered this disease called turbulence. We were an hour or so from landing when the plane started going berserk. I was seated at … Continue reading Globetrotting Tales. Washington D.C Part 1: Turbulence and my sins.
I hope my story will help a victim out there who is going through depression or PTSD. I also felt like i needed to share it. I dont think anyone should go through it. There is always joy at the end of every tunnel. I stand with every victim and everyone who is passionate about about tackling all sorts of violence #16DaysOfActivism
Love is peace and happiness.
She looked into his eyes. A smile broke out on her face. She would look into his eyes and never tire of it. She loved getting lost in them because that is how she found herself. She felt beautiful and worthy. Until the day he looked away, his eyes became another's. She felt empty, lost, … Continue reading She is learning how to love herself.
Every time I get an invitation from a friend or an acquaintance to go out for a movie, a glass of wine, dinner, I say no. At one point in my life, I had no problem with being in public places because I liked having people around me. Sometime around August last year, I went … Continue reading I am afraid of living.
"1 Corinthians 7:6-9. I say this as a concession, not as a command, But I wish everyone were single, just as I am. But God gives the same gift of marriage and to others the gift of singleness. So, I say to those who aren’t married and to widows- It’s better to stay unmarried, just … Continue reading The Padre and his Pianos.
Dear father or would you rather I refer to you as an inconsequential sperm donor? Twenty two years back when you decided to indulge in boyhood mysteries, didn't you know that there would be serious consequences? I ask this because I can not grasp the fact that you had me and refused to take responsibility … Continue reading An Open Letter To Father.
The pigment of my people as explicitly seen Glistening on my skin under the glowing sun That printed the color deeper into my skin The shimmer attesting to my heritage Feeding my desire to break free To rip me apart from me To tear away the evidence of ugliness That was splashed all over my … Continue reading Dark skin blues (The poem)
The Walk 