Stream of Consciousness
My Therapist Says I'm Depressed. Runner-Up in I Wrote This Challenge. Content Warning.
I have an unwavering feeling that I'm watching myself die. Everyday, everything and everyone I love are taking a step away from me at 12 p.m. (the time the sun rises for me). These fragments of my being are deserting me like a Polaroid photo losing faces.
By Jada Ferguson7 months ago in Writers
Rethinking Symbolic Leadership
Leadership, at its core, is meant to drive progress, inspire teams, and deliver results that move organizations toward a sustainable and thriving future. Yet, according to Narghiza Ergashova, the modern business world finds itself grappling with what she identifies as "ROT Leadership" – a concerning trend where appearances take precedence over substance and long-term value is sacrificed at the altar of shareholder expectations and symbolic success.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 months ago in Writers
The power of an empty wallet
Ali had always lived by one principle: earn more, live more. His wallet was always full, his clothes always branded, and his phone always the latest model. From the outside, he looked successful. But the truth was—he lived paycheck to paycheck, with a credit card drowning in red.
By Shehzad khan7 months ago in Writers
Translation - Experimento
The following text is a text I wrote more than 10 years ago. I was finishing my studies as a literary translator and at some point we translated Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot. After I contrasted the French version with the English one, I came up with the idea that perhaps Beckett had merely translated himself into English and so I tried to do the same with one of my texts, originally written in Spanish.
By Laura Rodben7 months ago in Writers
Have You Enjoyed Your Life
Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones Deck prompts — "Have you enjoyed your life?" one of Edwidge Danticat's brothers asks his father after the father tells his children he has a fatal disease (Brother, I'm Dying). Let me ask this of you: Have you enjoyed your life? No matter what your age, look back in this moment and respond.
By Denise E Lindquist7 months ago in Writers
Temerity
I find myself drifting away to the idea of a romance that sets my soul on fire. A devotion so damning not even God could save me from my fall from grace. And the fall so full of lust and tenderness that when I hit the ground, I try to claw for something to steady me. The ache my body held from this desire was undeniable, a feeling that can not be ignored.
By myhoneyedwords7 months ago in Writers
Art in the Rubble
Creating Amidst Collapse In a blackout in Gaza City, Amina sits cross-legged on the floor, her phone’s dying flashlight casting a frail glow. She scribbles a poem on a torn napkin, her pen shaking as drones hum overhead. The words are jagged, about olive trees and blood-soaked earth, but they’re hers—proof she’s still here. Across the world, in a shelled-out building in Kharkiv, Dmytro paints a mural with scavenged house paint, a defiant sunflower blooming across cracked concrete. In Port-au-Prince, Jean records a song on a cracked phone, his voice raw, weaving Creole proverbs into a melody of rage and hope. These aren’t polished works destined for galleries or Spotify. They’re acts of survival, art born in the rubble of crisis zones, where creation is as vital as breath.
By Shohel Rana7 months ago in Writers
