Crystal 
Ever since I was a young girl, my mother taught me to ask myself this question: What did I do for someone else today? In the latter part of my twenties, that line has stuck with me and it’s something that has more meaning now than ever before. Have you heard of the Life Esidimeni … Read more
this one’s for you to the poets, the artists, the misfits and the readers who bring our stories to life I raise my pen to you to the kids who got bullied in school for being different the soft souls that got tarnished to the pure in heart and the vulnerable the innocent, the abandoned … Read more
Her streets are paved with stories from faraway lands. The cobblestones have heard the echoing cries of sorrow, war, disaster, but also of love. The walls of Gaudí have beheld the prayers of desperation and have gazed over the grief of its people. On a lone hilltop, the symbol of the Messiah watches over the … Read more
Boisterous laughter echoed through the passageway. It was another icy Winter’s morning, the solstice of the season. The aroma of the fireplace filled the living room as Lady Hazel chatted excitedly. Heather, the Lady’s Pomeranian, nestled deep into the Persian rug, waking every few minutes startled by the Lady’s outbursts, then canoodling back into her … Read more
Sirens whined in the distance their red and blue lights flashed across the ghost town determinately The men of the streets hurried into their corners grabbing their belongings as they prepare for the winter’s bonfire retreating into the shadows in wake of the curfew The rest of the land’s inhabitants shut their windows and drew … Read more