ducklings on the pond

Be a Duck: On Visibility, Entitlement, and Knowing Who Deserves Access

The ones who don’t self-correct. The ones who feel owed access, credit, or influence simply because they believe they’re close enough to reach for...

All Love, No Guns (Poetry)

Let peace be practiced, not preached. Let courage look like listening. Let power learn how to hold, not harm.

Obama (Poetry)

And now— long after the cameras moved on, long after the applause settled into history-- I carry that lesson.

Unwitnessed (Poetry)

There’s a kind of social psychosisthey don’t teach you how to name,especially if you’re a womantrained to survive quietly. You start craving connectionlike oxygen,so...

Ode to the Soulmate I Accidently Found (Poetry)

Oh, what a web we have weavedwithin our hearts,within the world that surrounds usthe distractions, noise, eruptions,testaments to come between usYet, we found a...

The Guilt of the Unclocked Hour

Capitalism hums in the background, reminding you that rest is something you’re supposed to earn—survival instincts flare. You feel exposed without the armor of...

Déjà Vu (Poetry)

We were warned by the smoke of other decades, by names etched into textbooks we skimmed, by countries turned into cautionary tales No one in power bothered...

Writing Against Silence: Leadership, Vulnerability, and Nonfiction Craft (Reflection)

Another challenge involved sustaining empathy without over-explaining personal pain. Writing about experiences that have never been fully shared requires discipline. I learned that revision...

Setting the Past Down Gently

Learning to let go of the past isn’t about erasing memories or pretending things didn’t matter. It’s about understanding that who we were was...

When the Pedastal Cracks (Poetry)

I know we’re all human. I’ve lived long enough inside my own fractures to honor that truth. But influence is a responsibility, not a costume you put on for...
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