Mel Andela
melandela.bsky.social
Mel Andela
@melandela.bsky.social
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Ontario, Canada Passionate about storytelling Short story & poetry author ✍️ melandela.carrd.co
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Remember.
The empty arms of the parents who were left to wonder
The echo of language lost to time
Everything that every child must have felt when taken, and held in fear

Remember 🧡
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#everychildmatters #orangeshirtday #remember #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation #truthandreconciliation
I've been having a bit of trouble writing recently, between being busy and this 'WTF' time we're all in, so please enjoy these non-poems in the meantime.
Stay strong out there
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#writing #writinglove #writersblock #gunviolence #childrenarenotcollateral #epsteinfiles #wherearethefiles #staystrong
A snippet from 'Words', on why I love writing, why I love stories and words in general. They can mean something, or everything, to someone, even when reader and writer never meet
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#writing #readinglove #reading📖 #thepowerofwords #words #thepowerofstorytelling #books #youarenotalone
Pride month 🏳️‍🌈
I hope it's a month of pride, a month of joy, a month of love
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#pride🌈 #pridemonth #humanrights #loveislove
We will lift those
They try to cut down

Push forward while
They try to pull

Us backward into
Another dark age

The yoke of change
Will not be heavy

Because we
Are stronger together
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#staystrong #strongertogether #humanrights #nokings #keepgoing
For my mom (from a previous Mother's Day gift 🩷)
For my little one ❤️

Happy Mother's Day ❤️💐❤️ For those celebrating, loving, missing, and struggling ❤️🩷❤️🩷
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#happymothersday #mothersday #poem #poems #love #poetry #writing #writinglife
They remind us
Though things
Seem dark,
A new hope
Will dawn
So long as we
Remember

May the force be with you, always
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#starwarsday #may4th #maythe4thbewithyou #maytheforcebewithyou #rebel #rebelagainsttyranny #love #persevere #staystrong #anewhope #jedi
Apathy cannot
Be an option
When they are
Dismantling democracy and
Hijacking human rights.

Stay aware, Find your voice, Do what you can
❤️
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#staystrong #youarepowerful #youareloved #youarenotalone #findyourvoice #standupforwhatsright
Reposted by Mel Andela
So I was on vacation and not paying attention to academic library things for most of this week, but today my colleague informed me that ERIC will essentially shut down (no money, no staff, no maintenance) this week, and I'm just at a loss. 1/5
Reposted by Mel Andela
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.

It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.

www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
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Remember
There are always stormy skies
Rain clouds and downpours,
But within you,
Always,
Are the
Green shoots of tomorrow's promise
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#keepgoing #youarenotalone #poem #poetry
Not much better than cozy book time with a cozy cat 📖❤️

Enjoy the little moments
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#cozycat #books #readingtime #readmorebooks #catcuddles
And it will always endure. Remember that in the days to come ❤️
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#love #lovewins #staystrong