Author: Hazel J. Hall
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The Flower’s Journey
Spiraling to the ground, the cherry blossom leaves her home,Falling from the sky and floating all around,Watching sights high and lowBefore she touches down once more. The cherry blossom flies past springtime flowers,And honeybees busy at work.She watches Rain grace Earth with a gentle shower,But in the downpour she shiversFor she is not a wildflower…
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I Tried to Publish a Memoir at 16; Here’s How it Went
I started writing a memoir at 16. I thought it seemed like a great idea, and I think I was right. At one point over the past two years, I was describing my wish to write a memoir to someone, and they thought it was a bit silly that someone so young could write about…
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What it Means to Be Asexual: A Poem
They say asexuality is a lack of sexual feelings but nowhere in me do I lack nowhere in me am I empty. I wish my sexuality wasn’t defined by what I am not. I wish my sexuality wasn’t dictated by feelings I don’t know. For years we wait, the aces and I, to be mentioned…
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What YOU Should Do for Disabled Pride Month
July is Disabled/Disability Pride Month. It doesn’t get a lot of coverage, but, for some of us, it’s a really important time. It’s okay if not every disabled person has pride in themselves at this time. It’s hard to reach that point, and each individual person has hurdles in their own life which may make…
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I’m Diabetic and I Don’t Want a ‘Cure’
I have been a Type One Diabetic since 2017. It’s been four years ever since I received my diagnosis, and there have been countless moments since then when I have wished for nothing more than to be free of being diabetic. It was in 2020 during quarantine when I started to do more research into…
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