Dear Anger, For a long time, I thought you were the problem. I thought you were the thing holding me back. The thing making me bitter. The thing keeping me stuck. But the truth is more complicated than that. You showed up when other things didn't. When comfort didn't come. When justice didn't come. When answers didn't come. You arrived and said, "If nobody is going to protect us, I will." And for that, I understand you. Because beneath every ounce of anger was hur

A “Letters Never Sent” Blog Series by Ra’Mone Marquis Some versions of us never really disappear. They just get quieter. They wait behind smiles. Behind achievements. Behind responsibilities. Behind survival. And every once in awhile… they tug on our sleeve just to ask: “Do you finally see what happened to me?” For a very long time, I thought healing meant distancing myself from the younger version of me. I thought becoming a man meant burying the scared little boy deep enoug