Meeting Ground:
This isn’t a gallery of perfect words. It’s a rupture of space. A place where raw truths come to breathe. Where emotional fire meets political clarity. Where poems, posts, fragments, rants, and truths are laid bare not for polish but for power. Some of these pieces are mine some were found in the wild buried into the feed, shared anonymously, or left behind like echoes in the dark. Their here now not because their finished but because they are real. This is where we say things the system hopes we never say out loud: That survival shouldn’t feel like punishment. That mental health isn’t luxury. That dignity is not a threat. That softness can still be resistance.
Did You Write This? We Want to Honor You.
At Not In Vain, Some of the most powerful words come from people who never got credit for surviving out loud. If you see a piece here that you wrote, shared anonymously, without attribution, or somewhere online we want to honor that. This space is for remembrance not erasure. Submit a recognition request and we’ll make sure your voice is acknowledged with the respect it deserves. Even if your words came through a moment of silence thank you for writing them.
They Knew How to Love: A Sacred Reflection on Marginalization, Memory, and What We Still Must Learn
A reflection on the sacred love and wisdom carried by marginalized communities and the devastating truth that those who loved the deepest were often targeted first.
Hatred Is Not Natural. It’s designed.
We ask why there’s so much hate in the world. Why people are cruel. Why prejudice still infects every corner of society..
It’s Not a choice It’s a System
It drives me insane when people say it’s a choice to be affected by racism. As if someone wakes up and choose to be born into a redlined neighborhood.
Mental Health Was Never Just Personal
They want us to believe that mental health is a personal issue. That depression, anxiety, trauma, burnout are chemical glitches we carry alone. But the truth is..
The Real Resistance Is Reclaiming Your Rhythm
They stole time from us. They told us to wake with alarms, to earn rest, to measure success by urgency, visibility, output.
Theatrics of Power
Politics in this country isn’t about protection. It’s about performance.
The Cost of Care Isn’t Just Financial-It’s Emotional
They say if I want freedom, I should get a job. my own money. My own independence. But here is the part they don’t talk about..
The System Isn’t Broken- It Was Built This Way
We’re told the system is broken. It’s not. It’s functioning exactly as it was designed to..
If Children Mattered, the System Would Look Different
We live in a country that forces people to give birth..
Crying Wolf: For the One’s Who Warned Too Soon
Maybe you saw it coming before anyone else did. Maybe you felt the danger in your bones, the shift in the wind, the shadow on the edge of town….