<?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[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:12:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/surviveyourstory/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What We Care for Cares for Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the ways I like to keep in touch with loved ones is to send them videos of my space. Earlier today, I sent my mom an introduction to my plants. 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I'm not talking about the racial]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/leofinance/@shawnamawna/the-violence-of-my-silence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/leofinance/@shawnamawna/the-violence-of-my-silence</guid><category><![CDATA[leofinance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shawnamawna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsAqnmyxQN5QPZRZvTFiCDfL7NC8SaXCTGuuLtfqQA2Qa2JtbfWXpDhhRd1Ty76hbvGJNFNt5d4qwttG4VsU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Reinvent the Wheel]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been writing and teaching writing on the side for the last 20 years. Both passions have been relegated to hobbies or side gigs for most of that time due to the need to survive. 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Photo is mine asylum disjointed connections distorted reflections unease has taken root spread branches in my mind blanketed my center with mold tracked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sumayyahsaidso/asylum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@sumayyahsaidso/asylum</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sumayyahsaidso]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 20:14:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZA5b8KmFMSQwodTdgPBtwRwzbzq7C9e6x9u3UryzkszEVfc8WqjAaevQASTrMETd4ZPXRGxPFU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other Mothers’ Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[I make the teens adjacent to me nervous. They wonder if I’m eavesdropping, spying for their mothers as we are a right-knit crew. 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