The pressures of “adulting” for me were driven more from trying to live my life in a world that no longer exist: the world of my parents.

To say the last six and a half months have been a whirlwind would be an understatement.

“love vs. logic / was the battle / of her life / and her greatest opponent / was time.”- Brandie Freely, truths. and freedom.

“if I knew what / safety looked like / I would have spent / less time falling into / arms that were not” — Rupi Kaur, milk and honey

Book reviews aren’t just for the elite, the intellect, or the educated.

“I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the most freeing experience in my life. It has brought me the most light. Isn’t that what a poem is? A lantern glowing in the dark.” — Xiomara Batista, The Poet X