Melisa Ergin

If we were friends, I would tell you to run. I would tell you to slam the door and leave him and all of his shit behind. You don’t deserve someone who says he loves you but doesn’t know what the definition of love is. You don’t deserve someone who is searching for lust elsewhere the moment you turn your back.

I think back to the memories we had together, and it feels like I’m watching someone else’s life. Like I’m watching a movie. Because those moments couldn’t have been my own. Because the person who made me feel that good couldn’t possibly be the reason that I feel like my world is falling apart.

As cheesy as it sounds, always believe in yourself. You may be extremely stubborn, and sometimes you don’t see how truly spectacular you are, but I know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to.

On June 28th, 3 attackers opened fire and bombed Istanbul Ataturk Airport, killing 41 and injuring 239. This comes as the eighth attack in Turkey in the last year.

When you honk at me, or yell at me from your car, and I turn to look at you, the look you see in my eyes is not one filled with desire. It’s one filled with fear.

You fall in love with cities, not people.

The U.K. has made a horrible mistake, one that is irreversible, and one that I have no doubt the people will regret for many years to come.

“one day,
you will realize
how some people are not
meant to be yours.”

I left the country I was born in, leaving most of my family behind and at the age of 12, I had already moved six times and had lived in five different countries.

You may be gone, but you live on in all of us.

We live in a society where instead of viewing single life as the norm or the rule, being single has become the exception to the rule.

We are 164 days into 2016. The United States has had 133 mass shootings during this time.

You weren’t here to stay. I know that now. But someone should have told me.

I hope you have patience. I hope you are strong. I hope you don’t give up on him. Because he’s worth it.

You cared about me so much, and the thing is, I cared about you too. But I was too busy. Too busy with the guys that would break my heart. Too busy trying to change them into you.

and here you are living
despite it all

Mainstream feminism marginalizes women of colour. It fails to recognize that gender inequality and racial inequality are intersectional.

You give and you give until you have absolutely nothing left, and then you give some more.