Rahk in a Weary Land
@rahknotrock.bsky.social
[He/him] There is revolution in deprogramming. rahkswater.substack.com #ManofFaith #Creative #Painter #Poet #GoldenRuler
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"She free. She free but underground. She held high, her head I mean. Her head held high when she beaten down. She proud. Colored soil, colored rock, colored cloud. She cuss you out. She pull you in. Patience thin like the sturdiest faith."
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
Here's another throwback art piece. I think circa 2020.
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Here's another throwback art piece. I think circa 2020.
Maannnn. There's a lot going on.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Maannnn. There's a lot going on.
It's been a minute since I shared some of my artwork. Remedying that rat nah.
Self-portrait in pencil. 2021.
This was before I grew more comfortable using pigments.
Self-portrait in pencil. 2021.
This was before I grew more comfortable using pigments.
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It's been a minute since I shared some of my artwork. Remedying that rat nah.
Self-portrait in pencil. 2021.
This was before I grew more comfortable using pigments.
Self-portrait in pencil. 2021.
This was before I grew more comfortable using pigments.
Probably shouldn't have started One-Punch Man after midnight.
The way I have laughed already.
The way I have laughed already.
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Probably shouldn't have started One-Punch Man after midnight.
The way I have laughed already.
The way I have laughed already.
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Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
Food For The Poor Jamaica
Food for the Poor Jamaica
www.foodforthepoorja.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
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My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My political hot take is that US voters should be able to recall elected representatives via petition - at any time.
No more hiding behind election terms.
No more hiding behind election terms.
You have done a marvelous job. Feeling human again. 😘😘😘
Double shifts kicked my ass today...but its OVA. Now to take care of my sick hubby.
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You have done a marvelous job. Feeling human again. 😘😘😘
Something I picked up at Ed McKay's to motivate me to handwrite and journal more consistently.
The first prompt is: MERAKI: to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work.
The first prompt is: MERAKI: to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work.
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Something I picked up at Ed McKay's to motivate me to handwrite and journal more consistently.
The first prompt is: MERAKI: to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work.
The first prompt is: MERAKI: to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work.
Update: That particular brand of apple cider donuts is denser than a mug. Idk if that's the standard?
Flavor is cool but warm that thang up so you don't asphyxiate.
Flavor is cool but warm that thang up so you don't asphyxiate.
November 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Update: That particular brand of apple cider donuts is denser than a mug. Idk if that's the standard?
Flavor is cool but warm that thang up so you don't asphyxiate.
Flavor is cool but warm that thang up so you don't asphyxiate.
Yall ever had apple cider donuts?
November 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yall ever had apple cider donuts?
*deep, full throated Negro sigh*
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
*deep, full throated Negro sigh*
Found some practical books focused on creative writing at Ed Mccays. @yeahisaidit.bsky.social had to leave me to my own devices because I was in a whole new world. Lol $2 and $3 books. Yes plz.
November 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Found some practical books focused on creative writing at Ed Mccays. @yeahisaidit.bsky.social had to leave me to my own devices because I was in a whole new world. Lol $2 and $3 books. Yes plz.
The way Junetober be having me in my own little mellow but lit world.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The way Junetober be having me in my own little mellow but lit world.
It's a lot going on. People are juggling a lot. Grace is one of few free things.
November 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It's a lot going on. People are juggling a lot. Grace is one of few free things.
And also, addressing concerns, no matter the subjective degrees of importance, doesn't necessarily make any one of them a problem.
It's how the other party reacts to the concern thay can take it to problem-territory.
I admire when the same fire that fueled misplaced critique also fuels apology.
It's how the other party reacts to the concern thay can take it to problem-territory.
I admire when the same fire that fueled misplaced critique also fuels apology.
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
And also, addressing concerns, no matter the subjective degrees of importance, doesn't necessarily make any one of them a problem.
It's how the other party reacts to the concern thay can take it to problem-territory.
I admire when the same fire that fueled misplaced critique also fuels apology.
It's how the other party reacts to the concern thay can take it to problem-territory.
I admire when the same fire that fueled misplaced critique also fuels apology.
When people act like sensical things are nonsensical, it really sends me to a place. Especially when adopting their own logic as the measure for the "sensicalness."
Seeing beyond one's own perspective is such an underrated skill or gift. Considering that, hey, maybe I am the problem? Let's discuss
Seeing beyond one's own perspective is such an underrated skill or gift. Considering that, hey, maybe I am the problem? Let's discuss
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When people act like sensical things are nonsensical, it really sends me to a place. Especially when adopting their own logic as the measure for the "sensicalness."
Seeing beyond one's own perspective is such an underrated skill or gift. Considering that, hey, maybe I am the problem? Let's discuss
Seeing beyond one's own perspective is such an underrated skill or gift. Considering that, hey, maybe I am the problem? Let's discuss
When somebody is complaining about how someone treated them the same way they are treating (or have treated) you.
a woman is sitting at a desk holding a clipboard and a pencil .
Alt: a woman is sitting at a desk holding a clipboard and a pencil .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When somebody is complaining about how someone treated them the same way they are treating (or have treated) you.
You can't be stupid AND entitled. Pick a struggle— don't compound them.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You can't be stupid AND entitled. Pick a struggle— don't compound them.
Is the idea of cash back on monthly bills socialist, progressive, still capitalist, or just absurdist?
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Is the idea of cash back on monthly bills socialist, progressive, still capitalist, or just absurdist?
Worked the last 12 days straight. 0/10. I do NOT recommend! Esp not for introverts.
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Worked the last 12 days straight. 0/10. I do NOT recommend! Esp not for introverts.
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I was a few days shy of 18. Just graduated high school. Wrote my mom a long letter about it and waited outside for her to finish. She told me to bring my black ass inside to eat. She already knew. Lol. I'm 37 now.
Gay BlackSky: how old were you when you came out and how old are you now?
I was 19 when I came out, 2007.
I’m 37 now. 💀 me when I think about it:
I was 19 when I came out, 2007.
I’m 37 now. 💀 me when I think about it:
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I was a few days shy of 18. Just graduated high school. Wrote my mom a long letter about it and waited outside for her to finish. She told me to bring my black ass inside to eat. She already knew. Lol. I'm 37 now.
I just saw a YouTube ad, yes an ad, claiming that HAMAS is executing Palestinians with a dark blurry video clip that then gets censored.
Wow. The site sponsoring the ad: freedomfromterror.org
Don't believe this Israeli-Zionist propaganda that Hamas is terrifying Palestians in Israel's genocide!
Wow. The site sponsoring the ad: freedomfromterror.org
Don't believe this Israeli-Zionist propaganda that Hamas is terrifying Palestians in Israel's genocide!
October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I just saw a YouTube ad, yes an ad, claiming that HAMAS is executing Palestinians with a dark blurry video clip that then gets censored.
Wow. The site sponsoring the ad: freedomfromterror.org
Don't believe this Israeli-Zionist propaganda that Hamas is terrifying Palestians in Israel's genocide!
Wow. The site sponsoring the ad: freedomfromterror.org
Don't believe this Israeli-Zionist propaganda that Hamas is terrifying Palestians in Israel's genocide!
"Ask America if she battles jihad
If she moans like enslaved grandmas
Or weeps like the son of gods
Or the scar of David
Ask her if she prays"
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
If she moans like enslaved grandmas
Or weeps like the son of gods
Or the scar of David
Ask her if she prays"
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
Ask America If She Prays
Originally published in The Coraddi (UNCG's Art and Literary Magazine)
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"Ask America if she battles jihad
If she moans like enslaved grandmas
Or weeps like the son of gods
Or the scar of David
Ask her if she prays"
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
If she moans like enslaved grandmas
Or weeps like the son of gods
Or the scar of David
Ask her if she prays"
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
"She free. She free but underground. She held high, her head I mean. Her head held high when she beaten down. She proud. Colored soil, colored rock, colored cloud. She cuss you out. She pull you in. Patience thin like the sturdiest faith."
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"She free. She free but underground. She held high, her head I mean. Her head held high when she beaten down. She proud. Colored soil, colored rock, colored cloud. She cuss you out. She pull you in. Patience thin like the sturdiest faith."
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...
open.substack.com/pub/rahkswat...