This WSU student documents loneliness, which has become pervasive throughout society.
Single mom
Witnessing, Creating, and Resisting Inequality 227
A few of my roommates and I were looking for houses near the Wayne State Campus to live in next semester (Fall 2024). We found a house that we absolutely loved! It was a big duplex, only a five minute Read More …
Poem 434
I try to walk down the street.“Gimme a smile sexy” I try to go get a coffee.“Can I get your number baby?” I try to go to school.“Why don’t you want to talk to me?” I try to have a Read More …
Poem 910.2
You are more than what you allowed yourself to beYou can become more than what others told you to beYou have grit, strength, kindness, and wisdomYou are bone and bloodStardust and cosmosYou are humanAnd you are beautifulAllow yourself to be Read More …
Poem 910
America is often called a “melting pot of cultures,”A swirling pool of color and substanceAn overwhelming sea of hot white, dominating and swiftThe colors may mix but the blinding white remains constantThey fight and fight, bubbling up and spilling outAs Read More …
To a Lonely Thirteen-Year-Old Girl
People ask me now, why didn’t you leave? He was a monsterBut when you truly meet one you understand.To a lonely thirteen-year-old girl getting abusedIt isn’t because he’s a monster.It’s because you are,and that feels way worse. My mother has Read More …
Free be poem 808
What is it to be a woman?To be a woman is to be askedWhen will you have children?When will you get married?To be a woman is to be toldDon’t show your shouldersDon’t be too bossyDon’t be too loudTo be a Read More …
Family 290
I have no idea where I fit! My dad owns a really successful business, and so did my mom, but we weren’t overly rich and we didn’t have a mansion, but we had a nice house with a big backyard Read More …
Family 575
Growing up in a mixed liberal and conservative household, it was a challenge to learn where I fall and how I identify, especially as a developing young adult. There was confusion around how my immigrant parents practice the preservation of Read More …