Margins Magazine - Volume 4 Issue 4

VOL. IV | ISSUE IV
MARGINS
pride & proud
by Kristine Loren Galima
We choose the path often taken;
we break familial patterns that are expected;
we love with a love unwelcomed;
yet we still stand with pride and proud.
Hello! I am Kristine Loren Galima. I am passionate about politics and law; being a
criminal lawyer is the end goal. I like writing. I believe it is the one space where my
thoughts are not judged, and where I can fully and freely be myself as the free flow
of ink in sheets. Writing is a way for me to suppress the repressed. My pieces reflect
instances of human personal struggles - of fitting in, of meeting expectations, of
finding the right reasons. I hope that writing and reading gives you the solace I get.
Many have not found their voices yet –
maybe because of fear of pressure and tradition,
of feeble-minded people invalidating emotions,
or of the devoted who read us the story of Creation.
Time will come, you will speak with pride and proud.
It is never a fault to love.
It is never a fault some love cannot be fully grasped.
Afterall, people choose what they understand.
Many are not ready to witness a love so liberated.
So, in spite the despites, love the way you love with pride and proud.
@kristineee.g
@dstwgl
May the world repay you hundred folds more than the love you show;
find not happiness, but wholeness and joy that overflows.
Be free. Break chains.
There are more willing to accept than reject.
Celebrate yourself,
with pride and proud.
Visual Credits: Paweł Czerwiński
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