The back story, as wild and as deeply personal as it is for me, I wanted to keep it in words that could resonate with anyone, in any situation. 🤎🧡

I went to visit my mom and she gave me an orange to eat on my way home.
I got in later that night and stared at it. I looked at it and I could get my self to peal or cut it. It felt like I didn't deserve to eat it just yet.

In gloomy days like these, I just get flooded with gray smoke and misty nothingness in my head. Brain buzzes with attempts to decrypt and is met with silence and drag. Heart aches for something but is met with detachment and tiredness.

I could feel the truth of the matter staring at me from the universe, like the sweet bitterness of the orange I know by default, obvious. It's telling me, days like these are times I pull back and soak in the diseased numbness without judgment or expectations, that it's time to rest a little. While knowing this fact, both parts of me that know not their own paths, want to disregard the orange and settle for a depressed slope that pull me from a crest to a trough.

It's still sitting on my shelf. 🍊

The vicious battle within my mind that revealed a deeper reality...."Conclusions" is one of my favorite pieces. 🖤

📝 Poetry Performance Announcement

Some stories are whispered.
Some are written.
Some are spoken — and stay with us forever.

We are proud to announce NATI, who will join us with a powerful poetry performance, sharing verses that reflect memory, identity, and the stories that unite us as readers and humans.

Through poetry, words become bridges — connecting hearts, histories, and shared emotions.

👩🏽‍🏫 Guest Authors:
• Hiwot Teffera
• Hiwot Emishaw

📅 Date: January 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM / 8:00 LT
🎤 Poetry | Music | Games | Panel Discussion
📍 Location:
4 Kilo Alternative Space
In front of Alpha University

🗺 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kobAFnAJMgnFk4TGA

📝 Registration is required:
👉 https://forms.gle/THQPDW2J6UbPwVHB6

🎟 Entrance: 200 Birr

Come listen to stories told in rhythm, truth, and soul ✨

—
Z Delulu Squad Book Club
Read Freely

Why you gotta test my patience?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why can't you understand me!!!!!!!
Why do I have to fix me?????????
Why can't you see me!!!??????????

-fucking "cranky" poetry

The Labour you take for granted (can't fucking see)
- personal memo for a future book

Not to mention "SO FAR UP YOUR OWN FUCKING ASS"

- ICONIC MASTERPIECE

Nothing I do matters (in your eyes, it's just a "phase" I'll apologize for later)



I don't give a single fuck... I'm already already misunderstood

If you're reading this, it's not a cry out for help. Someday it will make sense. Don't judge it too soon. (I know you already have)

POETRY
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(this is for the people who see it appear on top of their chat so the only thing they see is poetry. No one cares. They'll skip it 😉🥲)