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Call Me Alien · 1M ago

Death of The Old Self

Maybe it is not enough to grow up and grow old. Perhaps we all desire something more, deep inside- beyond blowing out the cake candles and singing along to birthday songs. Surely, there has to be more to the lives and times of all of us, hasn’t there? Everyone else seems to have gotten it- [...]
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Call Me Alien · 1M ago

Christmas in Kakuma 4

The Seven Brothers I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso December 30, 2011- On this day, we were torn between visiting Lake Turkana and going to see life in the refugee camp. We settled for the latter. To get there, we [...]
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Call Me Alien · 1M ago

Christmas in Kakuma 3

A Day in Lokore Village You cannot afford to leave out giving in your life plan. You cannot afford to leave it to chance occurrence. David Cameron 29th December 2011- I rarely shower with cold water, a bad habit I am trying to be rid of. But in Kakuma, the sunrise wakes you up and heats your water [
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Call Me Alien · 1M ago

Christmas in Kakuma 2

The Journey to Kakuma You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.  ~Wayne Gretzky It is a hard task to convince man to forfeit celebrations and times with family and join you in a desert. It is even worse if you know not where it is you are going: how it looks like, [...]
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Call Me Alien · 1M ago

Christmas in Kakuma 2

The Journey to Kakuma You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.  ~Wayne Gretzky It is a hard task to convince man to forfeit celebrations and times with family and join you in a desert. It is even worse if you know not where it is you are going: how it looks like, [...]
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Call Me Alien · 4M ago

Christmas in Kakuma 1

The Dream and the Team The music blaring from an old speaker, the ringtone on your friend’s phone, the pair of shoes you wore to work today, the book you are currently reading- everything around us is inspired. It doesn’t matter how upbeat or sleek or boring it is, inspiration is key, Christmas in K
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Call Me Alien · 6M ago

The HA! Poem

When i say HA! I am laughing at the enemy, HA! Laughing at all those lies he said to me, HA! Booing him for thinking i’d never be, The girl who for Jesus gets on her knees; So HAHAHA! Shame on the enemy! When I say HA! I mean HAlleluya For i am so blest, [...]
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Call Me Alien · 8M ago

Why Evil Will Never Stop

…until we all do. Flashback: Primary school. Late nights finishing up homework, early mornings reading ahead of the teacher; hands raised to ask and answer questions in class, long lines outside the staffroom to seek clarifications at tea or lunch breaks… and when at last we sat those National Exami
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Call Me Alien · 10M ago

Show Me The Man

Show me the man. Show him to me; let him make his face and name known. I need to slap him, slap sense into his notions, slap and re-order the things his list prioritizes. Show me the man that declared man’s three basic needs; the one responsible for all this exploitation and limited distribution of
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Call Me Alien · 1Y ago

Prayer

** Every passionate soul goes through the desert of no inspiration at some point or another in their journey. Some give up, some compromise…and some pray. Give me a word, A real word- nothing absurd; Let me toss it in the air, Turn it over, notice its flare; Let me roll it in context, Put [...]
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