Posted on August 20, 2025

I was sitting in a room that didn’t feel like mine, in a town that didn’t feel like mine. I was less than forty miles away from Chicago, but this sanitized suburbia couldn’t have felt more jarring. I hadn’t seen my friends since we …

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My earliest memory of you was during my childhood. My parents introduced me to you, but I was too young to understand your complexion. Everything was just shapes and lights to me.
My next memory of you was when I visited my grandmother in …

Posted on August 26, 2024

When I experience emotional pain, it typically stems from resisting something from the past that has already occurred or resisting a potential future which I fear. At times, I feel like I’m living much of my life between memory and …

Posted on July 15, 2024

The business deal is the foundation of American capitalist culture. It determines whether a burgeoning startup blossoms into a billion-dollar global titan or deteriorates into a financial failure. The ironic beauty of a business deal is …

Posted On June 25th, 2024

There’s only one thing that a man can control, his thoughts.

In early March, I visited my father in New Mexico for spring break. During the couple days I was there, I ventured to Santa Fe and stumbled upon a local bookstore. The bookstore …

Posted On December 26th, 2023

today, i set voyage away from darkness

initially, i was fearful

afraid of the ramifications

to be shameless in my love practice

to release ego and allow the superior

what lies my fear reveals humility

i yearned for what never really was

Posted On November 14th, 2023

walking down these familiar streets

The fresh morning air brings my soul peace

I see God in your words, it sits inbetween I learn acceptance from the wisdom that I couldn't keep That loss is traumatic, it controls me

Weighing every …

Posted on November 8th, 2023

to be a fly on the wall

 impartial to all

watching my life from perspective so withdrawn 

would this help me find the cause of my melancholic flaws

i wish life would grant us pause 

i'll store our memories in vaults to be a fly on the …

Posted On October 23rd, 2023

this time of year is truly special.

this is a time where we can tailgate with alumni, eat great food, complain about the yardfest lineup, go clubbing with friends, and run into random celebrities.

the warmth of howard homecoming …

Posted On October 13th, 2023

I've noticed that beauty is often heavily valued in relation to an individual's physical features and socio-economic status. if somebody has a conventionally attractive face and trendy fashion sense, that equates a higher level of …

Posted On November 28th, 2022

"every person is an artist at heart

i see it everywhere i look

we all have a desire to express ourselves

within these constricting confines society creates.

as a result we go from artists to consultants, politicians, architects, …

Posted On November 2nd, 2022

"the moment you realize your parents are not superheroes. they might have manifested you into reality but nothing about them is godlike. they have trauma.

they have fears. they have anxieties.

they have wounds that turned into scars …