I am a neurodivergent and introverted poet from Alpha Centauri currently touring your Solar System. Yes, I am an alien. Be my reader at your human risk.
I struggle to just let things go, by author Sadia Hakim explores the exhausting cycle of emotional attachment and the realization that some people were never lost, they were simply wearing a mask.
Had my pain been etched on my forehead rather than buried in my soul, your jealousy would have turned to pity long ago. Perosnal essay 4
Living in a world where enough is never enough – We have traded the beauty of the now for the anxiety of the next. Sadia Hakim
Pardon my sanity, in a world insane. A poem by Sadia Hakim inspired by Emily Dickinson’s famous line. Pardon My Sanity: An Essay on Living in an Insane World.
Illiteracy is the common tragedy of the young, but after certain things happen, it becomes a chosen one.
“If a terrified bird comes to rest on your hands or shoulders, it is your obligation to become a tree. Do not breathe aloud, lest you scare it away. Do not deny it your comfort, even if you are a barren tree.”
People were never my need. Perspectives were. Hearts were. Souls were. People beyond people were.
Sometimes I feel so distant from people that I feel closer to the stars and galaxies. In fact, I have felt closer to them my entire life than I have to other people.
People want the butterfly parts of you without that pupa stage. They want the light without the darkness. But can a 3-stage metamorphosis result in a butterfly? A 3-stage insect never has to face the death of its former self to reach its final form. It simply grows larger, tougher, and more recognizable. That is […]
The Butterfly Illusion: why transformation requires the darkness >>> Society has lied to us about what it means to grow. We are taught that progress is a straight line, a ladder, a steady climb from one success to the next. We are told that if we just work harder and get bigger, we are winning. […]