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Jun 24

On the Death of Dreams

How do you mourn the death of a dream? I don’t have any answers, but I know a bit of what it feels like. It feels, first, like gutting, crushing disappointment. It feels like an elemental ache that curls up and calcifies in your bones. It feels like running at…

Dreaming

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On the Death of Dreams
On the Death of Dreams

Dec 31, 2021

On 2021

In which I speak to myself, and write to you On Patterns 2021 was the year of noticing patterns. Being plucked out of your familiar habitat and plunged into new territory sets life in a new light which allows you to see your patterns anew. (E.g. I have made a…

2021

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On 2021
On 2021

Jun 2, 2021

Lightning

What happens when you drive past a cemetery every day on your way to school? Columns of rain pound into the pavement. School buses skid around the corner and wheeze into the street. Palm trees sway. Towers glimmer. Across the lobby, families congregate to watch the downpour. Kids and parents…

Meaning

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Lightning
Lightning
Manal N

Manal N

20 year old writer. Musings on everything from meaning and mortality to the neighborhood cat.

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