<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[emie]]></title><description><![CDATA[emie]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:42:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.singhanddance.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The death of yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[is always the hardest: it rips you apart twice. Once when you do the deed and second when you witness it from afar At the massacre lying beneath your nose What hurts the most is the betrayal to yourself the coming close to relapse the sacrificing of months —years— of progress the goodbye    		you are willing to give 		to your courage 													strength 														happiness 												      		      	     peace It is knowing you are better than this ellipsis it is knowing the  ache of...]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/post/the-death-of-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0b7779e4e1fe1692b2f452</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:46:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4074_4ea8c2628ade40f1b04ecdd0bd464e00~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sonya Singh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty needs to bleed from somewhere]]></title><description><![CDATA[(might as well be from me) It's ironic how this quote makes appearances in my life when I'm on the precipice between madness and creativity, or dedication and burnout. It's like the world won't let me forget I'm an artist; I'm fated to forge my beauty, not find it, like boring islands out of the seas with my bare hands. But callouses are hard work's souvenirs. Hard things make us soft spoken. Soft music brings comfort to heavy hearts, as if the weight of ivory can somehow counterbalance the...]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/post/beauty-needs-to-bleed-from-somewhere</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee98308cb5739b6ce0e194</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4074_ec1e47857fc34dc0b5b98e9ac2f4cb6c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sonya Singh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank goodness for obnoxious red lights]]></title><description><![CDATA[For torturous commutes. For parking tickets and unceasing bad luck. For lost strangers who ask for directions. For that one person in a drive-thru who orders 15 different drinks. Thank god for things that stop time. Sometimes, we need a reminder of how to breathe, and that comes in the form of serendipitous moments that steal the sound from the air. I've had some of my best smiles and sighs stuck in traffic, and it's all because the world surprised me in that moment with how much dormant...]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/post/thank-goodness-for-obnoxious-red-lights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee974c40a0465aa6c82d97</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:54:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4074_e8337c73d9bc4fad92ed633becd101be~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sonya Singh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wear the seasons, in more ways than one.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I dress myself in a clouded disposition, mask my melancholy in smiles as if I were an azure sky on a cold day. I even flaunt wounds that make the brightest of maples envious. It's all harmless poetry, which sounds like an oxymoron if you know how dangerous words can be. Then, I get worried when I realize how similar I am to these things around me; it's like burnout is to the mind what autumn is to the earth. Although I know the scientific explanation for why we get sick as the weather gets...]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/post/i-wear-the-seasons-in-more-ways-than-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee96018cb5739b6ce0dc96</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:50:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4074_fdb77ef8b35948058a508ff3804ffbbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sonya Singh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birds are not the only things that murmur:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before the world was simplified and distilled by science, nature was the first to impress, entertain, surprise, and inspire us.                         What happened? In class today, I had a peer ask if a video of starlings murmuring was Al generated. I initially responded to this question with an open mind, but then it just made me sad. I realized how depressing it is to witness other people's skepticism and refusal of natural beauty. I don't know when Al became the epitome of the...]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/post/birds-are-not-the-only-things-that-murmur</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee94748cb5739b6ce0d8e4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4074_6fe069f5ddde494eb589e394043afbb4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sonya Singh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lonesome in a Bottle for Breakfast]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of people would describe me as a morning person, but what does that really? It doesn't mean I don't wake up exhausted or have wrinkles under my eyes. It means I wear a smile like makeup, the kind of smile that holds up your eyes as if they had little suspenders. It doesn't mean I just roll out of bed the minute my alarm goes off. It actually means I wake up restless 2 minutes before the alarm even sounds. It means I wake up to dead silence, occasionally contrasted by a swell of echos...]]></description><link>https://www.singhanddance.com/post/lonesome-in-a-bottle-for-breakfast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee8b3440a0465aa6c80eb4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:27:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4074_8ca9ed15949d43f590996ae39fef43c1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sonya Singh</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>