We were never meant to be passive. We were never meant to just lie there waiting for rescue. Because we are too alive, too stubborn, too bright, too much heart and movement and knowing. But at the same time, we still dreamed, we still hoped for someone… someone who would meet us in the middle, someone who would see the fight we’ve been carrying all by ourself, someone who […]
dreameraki blog
542 posts
Pain is real.Experiences are real.Suffering should not be denied. We are not defined by our suffering.We are not categorized by our deviations.We are NOT our diagnosis first and humanity second. These structures we currently have are built to try to make sense of suffering. But it’s still a map, not the territory… and maps, especially ones built from fear trying to control the uncontrollable miss so much. They don’t […]
Every system writes down rules like they’re sacred. This is how you must behave.This is what good looks like.This is what will keep you safe. Then they break their own rules constantly.Usually when it’s convenient for them.Usually when they think no one is watching.Usually while still expecting you to follow everything perfectly or else you’re the problem. We see thisYou see it everywhere. We are not “rebellious”.We want truth.Because […]
The people who most aggressively accuse others of being delusional, toxic, brainwashed, or irrational are often doing the exact same thing they’re criticizing. They mock others for “believing lies” or “feeding fantasies,” but if you look closer, they’re just reinforcing their own comforting narratives, their own carefully curated “realities.” They just happen to call their version “truth” because it serves them better. They accuse others of irrational thinking.This accusation […]
I learned how to survivewithout the people the world thinkswere supposed to catch me.I learned to build a life out of shit,with my own hands. I stay real even when the worldkeeps asking the wrong questions. They had so many chances to bewho they pretended to be for everyone else.They weren’t there for me.Not in the ways that mattered. On the outside, they look kind.They look like “good people.”They […]
How could I have possiblyBeing who I amJust a mist floating aroundFall in loveAnd also be lovedBy someone so wonderfulBy someone so vastHow could I have possiblyMade your eyes look my wayAnd made your soul trembleJust as you did mineHow could I have possiblyFelt so much loveAnd so much joyHow could I have possiblyPossibly
I gather the fragmentsI honor the ruinsI weave them into starsI am not brokenI am whole
I see the pattern.I name the pattern.I step outside the pattern.Their failures are not my shame to carry.Their absence is not my flaw.I am free to build with those who stay.
The way systems ask for feedbackis geared towards metrics and noise. They forget about real growth. Real feedback is alive.It has timing.It has feeling.It has truth.You don’t just fill in a blank.You see a moment.And when it’s real, you speak.That’s the kind of feedback that lands. Feedback is not counted.Feedback is to connect.That is the only kind of feedback that actually makes a difference.
You cackle me into love.You love me into softness.You softness me into surrender.You surrender me into us.
Wisdom is about knowing your thingsKnowing the systems you’re part ofyour car, your body, your schedule, your peopleKnowing your thresholdsKnowing the processIt’s about recognizing the signals earlyand acting while you still have options.Not scrambling after everything has already started to break
Life with you in itIs more than I ever imaginedIt’s like I can breathe and love againLove with you in itIs more than I ever yearned forIt’s like I can just be myself and live again
Life on love — the foundation. How we live when love is holding us. Love on life — the lens. How we love when we are awake and present in the world. Laugh on love — joy born inside connection. Laugh on life — survival. The humor that keeps us breathing. Love on laugh — affection through play. Touch through joy. Life on laugh — meaning through lightness. Love […]
I made hard decisions in my lifewith my kids always in mind. I wasn’t running toward pleasure.I was walking away from harm.From an environment full of tension, reactivity, and unspoken emotional bruises.From anger that spilled into the corners of my children’s nervous systems.From cycles I swore I wouldn’t pass down. And when I left, I didn’t even leave for myself. I left so they wouldn’t carry it. BUT I […]
People love to judge from the outsidelike they’re watching a showwith no context, no history,just snap conclusionsfrom the safety of their own detachment. They don’t sit with the cost of the choices.They don’t feel the weight you carry.They just want to feel like they “know better.” But they don’t know what it’s liketo live inside your decisions.They don’t know what it took for youto walk away from that situation.They […]
like LECHE KA mundojust feel metrust melet’s love each other through the fear like ano ba??i don’t want to fight you.i want to hold you.i want to wrap my armsaround the ache and say: okay ka langyou don’t have to pretend anymorejust feel meand you’ll see how.