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“(On purpose & nature) We are part of nature, but what role do we play in Earth’s cycles? Unlike other living beings, we carry individual consciousness: we watch, we question, we create. We are the creator species. After this experience, I see things differently: we are the eyes through which creation witnesses itself. Life, in all its wonder and growth, wanted to witness its own unfolding—and so we were born.”

“Poetry, as an art form, allows one to capture feelings, moments, and experiences as they happen, which later reveal the complexities of life from a different viewpoint, without the influencing imagery of our surroundings. Poetry is born from the deep, quiet, often overlooked aspects of a busy life.”

“Love is the strongest force we can nurture. We are born from it, and we shall return to it. No matter where we come from, love is the one thing we can all hold close, even in the face of life’s hardest trials. Even when justice, abundance, or peace seem absent, love endures. -Alyssa Skyes”

“On belief and loss: “Believing something makes it real for you. And strong belief, not just religious, offers a kind of companionship. It becomes an energetic, invisible ecosystem—something that lives with you, filters your reality, and eventually takes on a life of its own.”

“We cannot assign good or evil in man, due to race, country, religion, gender or status.               There are seeds of every kind, in the hearts of men worldover--and what one waters grows.     For all that is repeated, accumulates.”

“(On perspective and mortality) I realized: I have forever after to know what comes next. Let us say I have death in the bag already—we all do, it’s our absolute and only guarantee. But this tiny blur of time where I get to be conscious, with my particular collection of memories, is beyond precious.”

“(On imagination vs. reality) Our waking minds can only draw from what we’ve already seen. We splice and rearrange, but it’s always something familiar. But what I experienced took everything away from me—yet I was still conscious. It was extremely liberating, to exist without the familiar markers that define the world of form.”

“The habit of hate is spreading like venom in a polarized world, pushing us to pick sides and label everything. We make someone wrong to feel right, truly believing our views are superior. We forget it is collective influences that have shaped our opinions. But hate is hate, no matter whom you hate. I do not wish for that to fester in me and become one of my life accumulations and habits.”