“The power of creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.” — Eckhart Tolle Hey, I’m Shelbie. Welcome to my first piece. I’ve always been one to think about the future. In the sense that whenever I daydream…

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I’ve been up since 5:00 AM trying to research as much as I can about this case hearing from all sorts of biased news sources and companies either stating for fact that Melissa Lucio is innocent or Melissa Lucio is guilty. I wanted to come to a conclusion on my…

There seems to be a pattern. I’m trying to combat it but it is a hard habit to break. It’s hard to break a pattern that was started to protect myself but turned into a pattern that fears the evolution of my human experience. If I look to find the…

When they’re only concerned about the perspective they don’t agree with, that causes their entire family to turn against you… You would feel the same heartache I feel and wonder where you went wrong. When the Grayscale covers the memories once shared now in the rear view. I’m supposed to be the role model, yet you were supposed to be mine. Now I see how you look at me and I wonder why you act like I’ve committed a crime.

Over time, great musicians have left a legacy that have danced throughout our living rooms after getting into school, they’ve accompanied our car stereos that saved us from rush hour traffic, we get to experience them on different forms of technology as the music world advances with our ways of…