humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
The Second Hand
The morning started with me hurting my second hand. I cursed and swore at the unexpected and sudden pain that had intruded my morning reverie. “What a perfect start to the day”, the cynical side of my brain scoffed. The reasonable side hushed her, and on I went to get ready for college. Afraid of getting late, putting aside the thoughts of pain for matters of urgency, I went out to the bus stop. The bruise had taken on a beautiful purplish hue by then, which got me shaking my head in self-pity. There was no one around to look at the token of my misery, a memento of my suffering!
By Apoorva Upadhyay4 years ago in Humans
Dear Alcohol
Dear A, This letter is to let you know I’m moving on. I won’t pretend that I didn’t live for your very essence. It was a perpetual sin of mine to lust over you, I couldn’t walk past you without entertaining the idea that you could illuminate a light in me that was constantly shunned by a wicked darkness. A darkness which I now realise was soaked by your ability to tantalise my foolishness. You were everything I wanted but not what I needed.
By Mitchell Howard4 years ago in Humans
My Open Dairy
I have always had a problem with being me. I have been bullied although my school life, I've been called "Fat" "Ugly" I have people tell me that "I should just kill myself" or "No-one will love me" I would say my life has been horrible, but it hasn't been. Some of what I say will be personal, but I'm ok with sharing and telling my story. Like for starters when I was 4, my mom had open heart surgery. She died twice on the table and once in recovery. She had 2 blood transfusion's and everybody in that hospital thought my mom would never come home to us. I have grew up in a fatherless house-hold. My dad has been doing, and choosing drugs over his kids. I was 6 years old when he came home with track marks on his arm, I was also 6 years old when my own cousin rapped me and my brother. I had a speech impediment so CPS didn't understand me so they didn't investigate. When I was 13 we moved away from my home town and within 6 months my mom hit a hard spot in life and we became homeless, we lived in a woman's shelter for 5 months before we moved back to Graham Tx. We moved in with my Grandmother we lived with her until I turned 15. When we moved to Baird Tx I had just started my second year of high school, so it was difficult to make friends. I quit school for 3 months and then I went to Clyde Tx, and in my third year of High School around then end of year, going into summer. My mom went back to the Hospital and her lung collapsed and her kidneys were shutting down, my mom fought for her life and she came home to us kids. I was 17 at the time. I am know 21 and we own the house we live in and the property. My older brother who is 24 has a daughter, he tried to kill himself 5 times, he is a cutter and a drug addict. He has been clean for 4 years and he is the strongest person I know. My little sister who is 17, is a step mom to 4 and is pregnant with her first baby. I know thats a young age to start a family, but its her life and she can decide to with it. My mom is 42 and is alive and breathing because she fought like hell to be where she is today, with all of her kids. My life is complicated, messy, weird, overwhelming, but most of all it has been epic. I found the love of life and he broke my heart into a million pieces but he is willing to fight and fix what happened between us. I am so thankful for the way I grew up and I can't thank God enough for the family her gave me. So welcome to my Life! My Name is Makayla Willams, I'm 21 and I love Harry Potter and Halloween. I have blonde hair and blue eyes, I'm 5'4 and I'm a pot-head. I live in a very small town in the middle of no where called Baird Texas, I graduated May 25, 2018 from Clyde High School. Enjoy my Life Story.
By Makayla Williams4 years ago in Humans
Days Gone and a real pandemic
This article contains spoilers for the PC/PlayStation 4 video game Days Gone. Days Gone was released about a year before the pandemic struck. At that time, the game didn’t do well with critics, and players complained that its open world was boring and depressing. Yet, after the pandemic, it seems that like other post-apocalyptic video games, Days Gone found new footing. Days Gone tells the story of Deacon St. John, a rough and tumble member of the Mongols biker gang. When a pandemic suddenly strikes the majority of the population are turned into freakers. Freakers aren’t exactly zombies, and they're not exactly vampires either. The virus that ravages the world in Days Gone genetically alters people’s bodies, making them faster and stronger, with a desire to feast on anything, literally. Like Covid, the virus that causes the freakers affects everyone differently. Some people recover, and avoid becoming a freaker, while others (based on age) simply die.
By Jeremy Gosnell4 years ago in Humans
Why You Buggin'?
Boy are you in for a treat, readers. This one's a doozy, so strap in and enjoy the ride. Allow me to set the stage: It's summer. I don't remember the year, honestly. Some days it feels like it was a lifetime ago while others I feel like it just happened last week. That really doesn't matter now, I suppose. It has no bearing on the story, just my own thoughts and feelings about getting older.
By Heather Miller4 years ago in Humans
Hidden Mercy
Delicate. A curse I’ve carried since the age of 10. When the first man I ever loved left me. My father. The death of my mother at 17 led to a young marriage – an attempt to salve a vast ache of loss. But the bliss of the union was not to last, for it was broken by affairs, and with it any strength I had left.
By Lillia Grace4 years ago in Humans
International Equal Pay Day 2021: History, Theme And World Economic Forum Index
History of International Equal Pay Day The United Nations General Assembly at its 74th session on 15 November 2019 adopted the resolution (A/C37/74/L.49) by the Third Committee declaring 18 September as the International Day of Equals. The resolution was co-sponsored by a total of 105 member states. Apart from recognizing the contribution of workers and employers’ organizations and businesses, the resolution also recognized the work and contribution of EPIC towards achieving equal pay.
By Samachar Khabar News4 years ago in Humans
Je ne sais quoi.
I’m back. Mentally unavailable. Locked down. Caged. Unable to focus on what my brain has been struggling to verbalize. So much stimuli. Not enough care to break it down to truly understand what the message was I was failing to see. After a little hiatus, I have much needed clarity. Things that once made sense are being reassessed and the answers i didn’t know I needed have made themselves present.
By The Omnipotent Deity4 years ago in Humans
Bear Witness
James Baldwin is not a name that I have ever been unfamiliar with. In fact, I've heard of Mr. Baldwin all my life, as one of the greatest African American authors this country has ever produced. Along with Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, and Langston Hughes, James Baldwin was one of those authors used to communicate to my generation the black expeirence 0f the past. The hardship, the struggle, and the triumphs. I've always admired the bravery of Mr. Baldwin, the courage he had to speak out in such a pivitol, and dangerous, time in history for the black american. However, I have to admit, Mr. Baldwin's words never quite spoke to me as a child, and now, as an African American young woman, I was puzzled as to why. Reading his words now, I feel as if his books were meant for me and other young African Americans like me. I feel as if they were written to help us make sense of our experiences as the next generation of African Americans, and help guide us through our troubled feelings, and to encotage us to have hope for the future. But, back in my childhood, I could never connect with what James Baldwin was saying. I've spent a large portion of thet past few years wondering why, and I think I found the answer.
By Lauren Lumsden4 years ago in Humans
