What hides in the darkness cannot stay under. What lurks in the shadows will breach the penumbra. The truth is a light that won’t be snuffed. The light is a guardian, formidable enough. In your world, no one sees through the illusion. In this realm, exposure is in the imagination. Silence reigns, hypocrisy obscured as ...

Constant readjustments to build trust of people who continue to take advantage of us   The tears of their mothers, daughters, grandmothers   can take the lives of our fathers, grandfathers, sons   No chance to defend ourselves, for savages have no say in their impeccable, uncontaminated communities   Our word against their tears, our ...

When I woke up, my body felt like it was soaked in a bucket of sweat. I peeled back the blankets that stuck to me like a second skin. My clothes felt like they were made of lead. I dragged myself to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face to wake me up, ...