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  • Present tense 

    Focusing on the present was never my forte. I was too preoccupied by the past or the rapidly approaching future to focus on the present. I made excuses for my past mistakes while making plans for a better future. I was stuck in this dichotomy that was absolutely maddening. I felt lost in the moment.

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  • silenzio.

    Silence. I am sitting in an empty room surrounded by chairs and tables. There is no one here to witness my insanity. I danced around this room to loud music. I skipped around tables and jumped around chairs. It was exhilarating to act childish in public but to an empty audience. It was liberating. More

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  • Thank You Betty

    I am currently at the place in life where the lines between childhood and adulthood begin to blur. No, I am not in my adolescence. I am in my 20s. I argue that this time is as equally confusing and possibly more confusing than adolescence. Being in my 20s means that I am no longer

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  • haiku #2

    I would wait for you Except you will always be Unattainable

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  • what’s in a name?

    I was named after the strongest women that my father knew. Two forces worked their way through my veins. Two storms that could never be quieted. The ghost of one began to slowly break through my skin. I had been marked. There is no way to shake the weight of the dead from my skin.

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  • happy anniversary

    Today is my one year anniversary of starting this new wordpress blog. I deleted my previous account because there were people following it that I wanted to avoid. I didn’t really dedicate myself to this account until February when I wrote my first post titled “Welcome to Adulthood.” I want to welcome all of my

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  • From Siena, With Love

    I have spent almost two months in Siena, Italy. Siena is located in the Tuscany region of Italy. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage site due to the ancient wall that surrounds the city. I happen to live in an apartment that has a beautiful view of the city. My life in Siena is beautiful, tiring,

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  • The End of an Era

    Today was the end of an era. It was the end of a book that was written for nineteen years. This book was my childhood and it involved a church that has officially been closed. This church was my home, for better or worse. It was the place that I thought would exist long after

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  • A Ton of Bricks

    I began to clean my room yesterday and that meant finally going through all the papers that I threw on the floor. I made my Summer to-do list and set out on completing everything on the list. Today I felt better despite my room looking a complete mess. I felt lighter and ready to sort

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  • Wanderlust

    Travelling has been in my blood since I was born. I like to think that I was born in the travel agency where my mother worked instead a hospital. I knew how to spell Morocco before most children knew how to tie their shoes. Growing up there explains why I am in bliss whenever I

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