Tag: quick write
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I was born to rage, in rage, and enraged. My calm is not calm. It is the silent perpetual flow of lava under a surface hardened by years of bullshit that predate me stamped by the heavy feet of machines and systems that never saw me as a person tended by people who think because…
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Meraki Kintsugi
I dont need a breakI been in piecesTryna pull dropsFrom here and theirLooking for strength in the dust Of the shattered wakeOf where wholeness once wasI need a fixBut there is no goldFor gold to make beautifulThe broken piecesInto a new thingSold a lieLong overdue for sleepTo dream in a realityThat can beNo rest for…
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I am always fineUnchecked onLeft to my own devicesDisappointedAnd usually pretty ignored And be needing hella help with no way to get the stupid fuckin words outSo i sayIm fineDont worry about itI got itIt’s coolAnd sit silently wondering wtf was the kid supposed to do so the adult can and get free I aint…
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What’s the word for this?
I am tired. The bone deep kind. I have the words and I dont at the same time. And tired is losing its strength because it’s just not quite right. It’s not sleep I need. There’s no more peace at night. Rest always comes with less so there’s no reprieve. There is this weird sense…
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Busy Black Woman
I cant rageOr cryI cannot open the flood gatesWhere residesMy painAnd holds a thousand othersThey dont need my helpBut we are oneThe great unseen and robbedThe great imitated and proddedThe great creators, desecratedThe great noise, silencedSo if I speakIf I breakIf I releaseThe wave will need a new nameTsunami is not my language anywayAnd this…
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Random Thought
It was pretty weird to get more and more confirmation about how harmful ChatGPT can be for the environment. And let me say that as a tool for ASSISTANCE and not a replacement for the doing of figuring something out or researching, it’s been really helpful for me where social media has lost the plot.…
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Check In of Sorts
I haven’t written anything in a while for a myriad of reasons that I will not go into. Quite frankly, I’m doing this just to make sure that my brain handles connection is still there and hasn’t been completely overtaken by the writing I have to do (I guess I can say I’m in school)…
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A Zero Year?
Think imma not blog this year. It’s enough stuff sitting unread / uncommented on. Stuff i didnt promote n whatever. Got other ish to write n figure out. This yr went from ok to tf real quick on me. So go read something then say something There is plenty here and there (link below)OriginalbyDOndria.tumblr.com D.…
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It is a weird thisThis purgatory between grateful and lamentingWaking up in the morningPreparing and wondering whyMoving forward and wishing for stillnessBecause decisions made were wrongDecisions unmake-able are weightsAnd there is no body of water to fall in and end itAnd the ankles in a cruel joke will not breakNor does the persistence of daysGrateful…
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An extended version of…
Original Version here: https://outwriterandom.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/142/ Ryan took a deep breath, which wasn’t easy in a dust filled tomb that somehow managed to keep a defiant amount of humidity in spite of being squarely located in the middle of the desert. Labored breaths of the crew created rhythmic hissing sounds in the space. The scraping from the…