And so, in the end it was love. The ceaseless rage, red and hot Curled in my chest. Leonene in its quiet, pouncing on A moment’s notice. And so hungry. So I rip him from limb to limb, Again and again. He understands nothing of rage nor womanhood. He is about to. Then in theContinue reading “On Female Rage”
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Love Poem #2
There is no need for more poetry, For my love is not a writer, And I am not a romantic. But if I’m alone, and the moon is hanging low, The words write themselves. A secret I love you, Etched into a journal a million times. One for every beat of your heart, One forContinue reading “Love Poem #2”
Blooms Unrealized
The 30th of February brings Sunlight to the Adirondacks again. New tears fall, conjuring an ocean from a pond Because spring has forgotten to bring the Promise of new beginnings, Instead settling with winter’s sharp thistles. I watch the writers put pens to paper, Drawing the flowers that don’t bloom. So this is what theContinue reading “Blooms Unrealized”
Jasmine Tea, Again
And so, it ended as it started The story is absurd like that Alone in the coffee shop downtown Wondering what comes next And knowing the answer won’t come easily
Love Poem #1
Then are we not the end, my love? For I love you more than stars love the night sky, Like the sun to the horizon, to you I come. You are the ground beneath my feet, ever solid, The shadow under my tenderest thoughts. A thousand years knows nothing of endurance Next to my eyesContinue reading “Love Poem #1”
Recollections of August
The wet dredges of August came and went,Hidden beneath the blink of an eye.This love was for you and I,Checkmate was currency, now all spent. Now November’s on the way out,And the leaves are falling.Freedom was desire, as I recall it,Summer was all of you, winter I will take without.
Gender Quotas in Government
The question of instating legislative gender quotas is a contentious point in the ever evolving feminist landscape. Do they ultimately work to dismantle the structures of the patriarchy, or merely operate within them? I think there is a case to be made that legislative gender quotas in governments are a necessary step in progressing towardContinue reading “Gender Quotas in Government”
On New Beginnings
How do we anchor ourselves when we are truly unmoored from where we used to belong? I’m an international student in the United States. I grew up in Southern Africa, which is where I spent the entirety of my formative years and completed my education. Like many to come before me, pursuing higher education inContinue reading “On New Beginnings”
On Pascal’s Wager
Pascal introduces an unconventional approach to the question of whether god exists. Pascal poses the inaugural notion that all information regarding the divine is inaccessible to humans, due to the scale of our separation. Having drawn this initial premise, he elucidates that the probability of God’s existence, which remains inaccessible to us, is comparable toContinue reading “On Pascal’s Wager”
On Anarchy
The state of nature, as conceptualized by political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, has become a safeguard against anarchic descent and has evolved to represent justification of the state as an institution. In deconstructing this hypothetical condition, it’s worth asking if this imaginary may be faulted. In this challenge emerges the broader question: does any satisfactory justification for the existence of the state exist?
Literary Musings 