War Hearts drained of red blood, Sheaths of warmth, love, and sanctity torn viciously like the formal contracts binding humanity. Innocence bewails, as mothers’ babies are stolen away, like the basic right to hydrate, eat and dignity. Crimson that ribboned Israel’s pleasant Saturday, Anchors Palestinians every day, in captivity […]
In 1999, like most baby millennials, our parents dictated the family television. In my Midwestern home, I woke up to Katie Couric and Matt Lauer’s news reports on Today before school. After I returned home, the ritutal continued. As mom prepared dinner, usually a meatloaf, buttery mashed potatoes, and a side of green beans– I’d […]
Regardless of the ‘beautiful coating’ of our lives, we are still in Samsara. Cyclical existence fueled by ignorance of the true nature of reality, it propels individuals to ‘grasp’ happiness in avoidance of suffering. It’s monotone, limited, confining. If the window of our mind is cracked open ever so slightly, we would feel the taste […]
