( Spoiler alert) — Just Look Up is a powerful movie that recently dropped on Netflix Starring Leonardo Decaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. It highlights how we as humans are more inclined to allow social media and other outlets to control our lives and blind us from the truth. It also highlights how desperate those…

Doubt can be our worst enemy. In fact, it can swallow us whole, especially when it comes to us who have suffered from anxiety and depression. When doubt creeps in, oftentimes it's relentlessly poisoning our minds for hours, even days. Speaking for myself, doubt can consume me for months on…

I’m an empathetic and caring person. I truly care for how people perceive me, and the actions I take. So I’m always seeking others’ input. This however has backfired on me more than it has helped me. And that is why I’ve learned to develop a method to keep people’s…

A year ago I was staring at a mural of one of my idols wondering how my life would play out. Nipsey Hussle died at the age of 33 years old and had become a millionaire, an icon, an idol, a community leader, an activist and so much more. And…

I have this 300 writing prompts book that I periodically write in. I was supposed to write in it every day. However, between purchasing it and now I got into a car accident and my birthday occurred. In that time I had a supreme rush of anxiety trying to get…

The anxiety of isolation — Four walls trap me inside, Outside, flesh drops With a ferocity, I’ve never seen before Saving myself from becoming a victim To bodies pelting onto the pavement In my amazement I find solace in the mind because of a maze I’m meant to slither out of Craving peace within the crevasses of these four walls, the solitude…

They’re everywhere stagnant as I move I try to avoid the inevitable, Yet still despite my efforts conflict ensues I don’t know how to avoid these catastrophes Every time I swerve past them I still end up doomed, boom then crash, I run into problems I tried to move past. …

Somedays, or sometimes some weeks are hard. I’m a writer. I say that with pride. I’ve written and published two poetry books. I’ve been published in online publications multiple times. I love writing. I love creating. I love editing. I love the process of being a writer. I write to…