HUMANITY

  

What is Fear?

What is Fear? Whenever I plan to write, the white empty paper scares me. This year, I turn 31. What

  

On Paper, I Should Have Voted for Trump

Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault × I have agonized over how to write this, and still, I find myself at a

  

The Trump Election and Its Impact on People of Color: A Personal Reflection

The continuation of Donald Trump’s presidency through 2028 stirs a spectrum of emotions and carries profound implications, particularly for people

  

Once I Came Across a Faisalabad Slum

Once I came across a Faisalabad slum, Garbage, mosquitoes, and flies all sum. Residents welcomed, inviting me to come, I hesitated, reluctant to

MENTAL HEALTH

  

Unwritten Dreams

I forgot to have a big dreamNow that I think about itI never even found my passionThe easy solution would

  

Stitches and Thorns

I once wrote that I was held together by duct tape… staples… and thorns of rosesI also said that I

  

Shiny Eyes

The beauty, the beauty of heaven, Your red, blushy cheeks. The grace of every person’s heart,Your comforting smile. I  can declare the

  

You and Me Against Sanity

Trigger Warnings: Mental Anguish, Sanity × When none of the fireflies stayed alive for long enough in the jar, I

LIFESTYLE

   

Quit This Job to Keep That Dream

I am staring at a beautiful sunset over the Puglian shoreline, with a singer passionately belting out his heart. His

   

Educated Through Chaos

My name is Tiessouma Pare and this is my education through chaos.  It all started that October of 2009. I

   

Gobsmacked By Environmental Consciousness: How COVID Recycled My Values & Priorities

We learn valuable life lessons the hard way. In 2018, as I proudly stepped out of my final year of

  

Covered Mirrors and the Souls of the Dead (November 2)

Trigger Warnings: Cancer, Death × It may be strange, but my grandfather died between the 1st and 2nd of November