We don’t have to be perfect

We don’t have to be perfect

by | Jul 29, 2026 | The Wild Within

We just have to feel what we feel For the whole of last year, I felt trapped. Trapped in a cycle of regret, hope, and despair. I had clung to an idea of how both the other person and I—and our relationship—should be, and what I absolutely “needed.” And clinging to...
Poverty in Relationships

Poverty in Relationships

by | Jul 15, 2026 | We & the World

Why love isn’t enough, and why a relationship and creating a bond aren’t the same thing. In a previous post, I wrote about the different faces of poverty. I didn’t address poverty in relationships directly, but rather spoke generally about a lack of connection that...
I can’t hear you

I can’t hear you

by | Jun 15, 2026 | Between the Lines

No matter what you say,no matter what you do.I’m trapped inside myself.And I can’t find a way out. I scream,apparently to protect myself.But from what?I think I hear you,but it’s just my filters. You say, “You only hear your own echo,”and all I hear...
You, I, one, we

You, I, one, we

by | May 18, 2026 | Between the Lines

Some of you may have noticed that, for the most part, I don’t write about “you” or the very general “one” in my texts. Every now and then, I share a personal story of my own to be more personal and precise. Most of the time, however, I write observations about “us”—as...