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ReiJan 162 min readPOETRYSoul-worn (poem)a poem about wearing myself down trying to be someone "more palatable" when I should be building myself up by simply being me Worn down...
ReiJan 102 min readPOETRYThe Herculean Feat of a "Human Doing" (prose)a prose piece about shifting our focus away from "doing" to "being" There is no thing (okay, maybe a few) more exacting than simply being...
ReiNov 7, 20231 min readPOETRY10 Ounces (poem)a call for salaam, shalom, peace! 🇵🇸 10 ounces. Roughly the size of a large first in the air rising up against violence. Twice the...
ReiOct 31, 20232 min readPOETRYWishful Invisibility (poem & art)a poem about shrinking as a means of survival but later discovering that being seen no longer needs to be a threat; it is the key to...