Because consent is ongoing and is about how to say yes — Consent is explicit and involves continuous communication. This major part of the definition clears up potential misunderstandings. That’s because no one should be asked if they said no. No one should have to say no because they should have to say yes. If there is no “yes,” then there is…

an erotic poem — If I were a unicorn I’d have you wrap me up and wind me down to wind me up and unwrap me layer by layer If I were a unicorn I’d turn that frown upside down for a night out on the town or a last-minute escape to the Florida keys just…

By Nurturing Themselves Like They Nurture Others — I would also like to share the good news that some of the poems in the collection were first published on Medium in publications such as Put It To Rest, Sensual: An Erotic Life, iPoetry, and Marlene in a Pub. When I lost my grandmothers in a short amount of…

A poem — when your head aches and you almost have a headache and nothing makes sense the way eggs break so gently and messily like a perfect spill while peering out the windowsill there’s beauty in what you can’t speak what brings you to your knees as though in a winter white out where life…

my journey from bad therapy to the right therapy — Therapy sounds like a good idea but for it to work — it needs to work for you and fit into your life. The one thing the pandemic gave us was more accessibility to therapy since appointments often occur online rather than face-to-face. (However, many face roadblocks due to financial…

that runs so deep — It cut you — right to the very heart of you in the place that leaves a trace even when you tried so hard to erase what you could not understand but when the senses couldn’t make sense it left a gaping wound in the room of your betrayed heart …