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  • You Belong

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    Krupa
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    Sometimes I feel invisible,like my edges blurand the world forgets the shape of me. Sometimes I watch the world in motion,voices weaving past me,laughter echoing without me. I wish for presence near me,a shoulder, a breatha weight that says you are not alone.Not talking just being. But then I take a quiet moment to notice,and…

  • I climbed a mountain

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    I started off putting one foot in front of the other, head down and pure determination flowing through my body to get to the top.  Breathless, aching, but unwilling to stop. The summit was all I could see.  “This isn’t that bad,” I thought.  Why was I so nervous before?  Light work!  But gradually the…

  • Words for humanity

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    I have been sitting deeply with this one for a long time now. Even as a lover of words I find myself unable to put my feelings into words. Famine, Starvation. Words we should not be hearing. Words that break my heart. Words that make me feel powerless. When did we fail so much as…

  • I see you

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    This is for all the men. You deserve to be seen as you are. It’s not about repeating “it’s okay not to be okay”. It’s not even about urging you to speak up, or figure out the problem and fix it. It’s about reassuring you that you can be seen as you are without anyone…

  • Strangers or collectively vulnerable?

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    I work as a translator. A job which I took on to make ends meet and support my family financially. I thought I would get extra income from the side job, but it gave me back so much more – things I can never put a price on. In the last 7 years I have…