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Writing my world one word at a time.
Vivian Li
Jun 23, 20240 min read
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What We May Never Know
It was a Saturday morning, and I sat on the fine granules of sand, just as the sun came over the horizon. The sun, slowly but surely,...
Vivian Li
Jan 12, 20245 min read
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I Write
Some people love to dance, or to sing, or to draw, or to watch videos on YouTube, or movies on Netflix; but I am one of the few people...
Vivian Li
Jan 12, 20243 min read
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Cigars: All About Community
It was a hot and slightly humid afternoon in early May, as I made my way up to Burn by Rocky Patel cigar lounge in Atlanta at The...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20245 min read
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Work Hard, Have Faith and Dream
(TW: SA Paragraphs 9-11) If you had a beautiful home, a white picket fence, a family with a son and a daughter and a good-paying job, you...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20248 min read
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Hospitality is Going, Going, Gone
It’s Wednesday, 6:30 in the morning, and Trisha Shum reluctantly rolls out of bed. It’s just another day in COVID, she thought. During...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20244 min read
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I Write
There are people who love to dance or to sing or to draw or to watch videos on YouTube or movies on Netflix, but I am one of the few...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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Packed and Packaged in COVID
It was a Sunday afternoon and it was pouring outside. I was on my way to the Fresh Market up the road to buy groceries, when the weather...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20246 min read
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For Granted
Do you have people that you used to see every day? The ones you thought would forever stay? And the moment they leave, you contemplate...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Home
Is it a feeling, is it a place, or is it a state? A state of mind, or a state of being? Or is it simply having a heart with no hate? And...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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New Levels
We all go through life’s twists and turns As they educate us to see what burns But with every change to new levels You will definitely...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Afraid to Lose
I’m always afraid to lose Whatever it is I choose. The confidence I’ve built And the swords at my hilt. The zest for life, to live....
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Caged
Do certain people make you feel tied With invisible shackles on your hands You realized their words are just lies Just a puddle...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Direction
Do you have moments when you don’t know what you’re doing? Like, you haven’t the faintest clue On which direction you’re going? Like, you...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Don't Give Up On You
Do you ever get that little voice in your head? You know, the one that says you’re not good enough? And you feel like you’re hanging on...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Spare
There are a million variety of fruits And all of them have a few attributes That I’d equate them to people Some are sweet and sticky like...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Black Sheep
Have you ever wished that you were someone else Thought that others haven’t gone through the same hell Wondered if you were destined to...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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It's Your Dash
I stood on the doorstep of a lady Who told me the only way to live Was to live life to the fullest With every blessed breath you get She...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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Night Owl
It’s dark, and quiet. One by one, the houses close their eyes, and you feel the families living in them, were finally getting to bed. The...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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Let's Dance in the Rain
The clouds roll gently in the hurling gusts of wind. The skies turn from the perfect baby sky blue and into this bleak time bomb that...
Vivian Li
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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