Everything Is Not Enough

by Lola Akinmade Åkerström

She has settled into a box of work-life-balanced boredom, while witnessing her skills blunt around the edges.

she continue spiraling into a space where nothing or no one is enough for her.

The higher you climb with ease where you’re not wanted, the less you are who you truly are.

she also isn’t going to let these men tear her apart this way. Morality aside, men have affairs all the time, and somehow seem to bounce back awash with forgiveness.

But women, powerful women, aren’t allowed to stray. To say nothing of Black women who society defines in terms of unwavering loyalty. Black women are never allowed to make mistakes. Not one flaw.

want you to just enjoy each moment without feeling the need to prove its importance.”

“You can use that fire to burn everyone around you. Or you can use that fire to light up the world so they cower at your brilliance.”

In craving Ragnar, she was craving competition. The challenge, the fight, that survival mode she instinctively recognizes in herself and the world.