humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
In the absence of freedom
She was born in a traditional Christian family with a set of strict rules. Since she was a little girl, she learned to be obedient in the smallest details. Pants were considered vulgar even for her age, so dresses and long skirts were her loyal companions since childhood. “Jesus might not love women in pants”, she must have thought.
By irina zainea4 years ago in Humans
FREEDOM MACHINE
FREEDOM MACHINE As our world watches the war in Ukraine blossom and bloom into something none of us want, I keep hearing the song ninety-nine red balloons by Nena in my head. Over and over the haunting lyrics play and I can’t help but wonder. Is this the beginning of our end, how did we get this far again? With so many examples of what we dread. How is our world still producing people capable of this? The song begins with us in a little toy shop, representative of our beautiful world here, where we can find so many ways to play together. It ends with one red ballon, a reminder of what we have lost at our own hand. Where do our personal hearts stand, are we all responsible?
By Saffron Sage4 years ago in Humans
Mourning Doves
She is silent and still. An almond-sized heart flutters under layers of downy brown feathers, as delicate as lace, paper wings tucked into a rib cage made of air. Holding this tiny creature makes you realize just how powerful you are. One shift of pressure would end her life—the macabre vision flashes for a strange, primal moment—but you kiss her little head and tell her she is safe and hold her ever so gently in your hands, hoping she can feel your good intentions. It is rare to find a dove flying in your kitchen. A pigeon, maybe, but a kind, gentle dove seemed like an omen. She was frantic, careening into walls, until finally lodging herself behind a soup pot. Now she is in your hands. What now?
By Melissa Wozniak4 years ago in Humans
This is not our Freedom
I don't quite know how to word this and I am not quite sure how to condense everything and make it sound like something so simple, which it isn't, but freedom has always been hard fought. Freedom is not something that is just given to us; it is based upon the hard sacrifice of thousands, millions of individuals who want a better life for themselves and their loved ones. People who have been oppressed and are oppressed, will fight harder, harder than anything that they have ever fought for in their lives. I don't believe that anyone in this modern day and age would have ever imagined as large of a conflict as the one that is happening in Europe would ever come into play.
By Just Daniel4 years ago in Humans
Life is for Living
I stand in front of my pantry, staring at all of the non-perishable food items my boyfriend and I had stockpiled at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone remembers the uncertainty and the rising panic as the virus quickly became an emerging threat. I remember making late night trips to the grocery store, grabbing whatever I could. I remember driving past overcrowded parking lots, my anxiety spiking just thinking about how many people filled the aisles as necessities disappeared from the shelves. I remember ordering boxes and boxes of food from Amazon to avoid those crowded stores.
By Alyssa Musso4 years ago in Humans
THE RAILS END
IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE FIT FOR JURIED TRIAL, newly designated in 1852 as the courthouse and jail during the final years of the abolitionist movement and slavery through 1863. They ran, some escaped, others were escorted and helped along the way by those compassionate to humanity. While today one can find several excursions promising escorts and those sharing directions on printed maps the original trip along the underground railroad was one of uncertainty and hazardous, to say the least. The arrival at an intended destiny along a route of hundreds bought many trysts with the threat of imprisonment for arriving with no validation of who they were. The same system that tried and set free, or posted public viewings of hangings is what a runaway or illegal immigrant was pushed to expect fair treatment and just determination in his and/or his family's pursuit of freedom. A stow-away on a ship's cruise or arrival by night flight could buy the same resolve before judge and jury... public hanging, a return to where he'd departed, be apportioned to the local military forces, or best case scenario, be set free.
By CarmenJimersonCross4 years ago in Humans
Freedom is Happiness
Over the years, I developed a much better understanding of what freedom really is; and this is all based on what I experienced, good or bad. In addition to that, I have learned to value my own freedom – and I do mean value. I do take freedom very seriously, and I am utterly grateful for the freedom that I have right now. I say right now because none of us are one hundred percent sure how long freedom will last whether it is in our personal lives or in general.
By Leona Valentine4 years ago in Humans
The Common Wise of Freedom
Things mostly stay the same, and perception of the physical world is significantly much more limited. So a story about freedom is about how much you are aware of the ongoing special of a massive tale on corruption. The fight for freedom, the belief in liberty, and the joy of freedom are comprehensive when tested on what space should be given. Therefore, think of when you felt the need to, "Is this the feeling of freedom, or am I free?" People tend to give up on the compartment of freedom on whom/what takes work and strategy. Freedom is misled because a nation uniquely known as the United States of America has promised that America is the only state of free will and speech. The physical notion of freedom is lost because of the misdirected search, and no one truly knows what freedom stands to be when we've watched, listened to, and tracked every day. No one. Perhaps freedom should have a stamp dictating that you are unrestricted today, as maybe all other physical notions can decay. Trauma is a crisscrossed interface with recognition of freedom because of change. For example, one day, you may feel a vital jubilee, and then that feeling vanishes and no longer exists the following week. This explains having a free will for a moment; the latter of the two equal parts known as freedom and free speech are both omniscient. Can freedom be impaired with air? No. Fighting for freedom is similar to coming up with a perspective instead; because you feel like a wrecked ship in the end. I instead dictate amnesia than freedom. Ukraine faces histrionic strife, nightmares, phantasm, succubus, and blood sport(s) events. Humanity cannot protect its skies; therefore, a question to compose would be "how may society preserve its freedom?" The superb quality is better than a newspaper; kids are great, but freedom and space are better. Humanity believes we hold liberty as a natural right of all man, which society themselves no longer has any more requests to give away. Therefore, selling one's honor is similar to feeding someone more than what you are willing to sustain, along with no such virtue of freedom and integrity. Furthermore, what is the consequence of encouraging humanity to struggle against injustice?
By Olivia Grace 4 years ago in Humans
