Week 4 working from home. USA It’s been Rough. Like really rough. I don’t like this. For some reason, I haven’t admitted that to myself until now. I don’t like not feeling safe. I only feel safe at home, after I’ve doused everything in bleach. Then as an afterthought I…

You only live once, that was a popular saying a couple of years back. But instead of interpreting that as spend everything since you don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, let’s repurpose it to mean you only live once, so take care of your future self. You live and…

Am I what you thought I would be; Now that you know the real me, even though I am changing constantly?Evolving continuously Am I what you thought I would be? Do I feel how you thought I would feel when my hand caresses your face and chin hairs? Did you…

As I reflect on this past year, I’m reminded of When They See Us, a movie directed by Ava DuVernay about what has become known as the Central Park 5. The movie chronicles the events leading up to and the trial of five wrongfully convicted teenage boys. As an African…

Socialization is an interesting thing. It can have one deny oneself, just to be accepted. Some people see nothing wrong with this, which is problematic. People are socialized to like certain teams, foods and cars. Hell, people are even socialized to like and dislike certain groups of people. …

I want you to help me because you love me; because you want to make my way easier. Don’t help me because you feel some obligation to do so; thereby rendering my existence a burden to you. Growing up, I never felt like a blessing to my parents. I felt…

This decade is almost over and I’ve seen a lot about leaving undesirable things in 2019. I want to make an effort to do just that. Scratch that. No effort, I will do it, leave undesirable things in 2019. I want to ask for what I want without fear. I…

Games that encourage me to write — Bless the creative creatures here on Medium. This is my first time being tagged in this way on Medium. I’ll admit it, I was confused at first when I received the notification that I was tagged in Tag Overflow Over at MuddyUm. Tag Overflow Over at MuddyUm I Didn’t Want to Play At First I read the piece and soon realized that…