Rolling With Keke
Issue No. 27 · Micro Essays
Clarity, care, and strategy for tired brains and beautiful bodies.
A curated collection of blessings, tools, and truth-telling for bodies that are brilliant,
tender, and tired of being asked to do too much.
1. The 3-Question Accessibility Screen
“You can’t heal what you don’t reveal.” – Jay Z
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Reflection
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efore I had language for access, my body created a system. Three quiet questions that rose up every time I entered a room. Can I get in. Can I stay. Can I leave safely.
These are not dramatic questions. These are survival questions wrapped in wisdom.
If you have ever scanned a floorplan before scanning a schedule, your body already knows this screen by heart. It is the instinct that keeps you whole when a space pretends it can hold you.
Booked
Access is architecture. If a room cannot answer the first question, it was not built with you in mind.
Busy
The second question reveals the culture. Staying requires seating that supports you, sound that does not assault you, and a rhythm that respects breath.
Built Different
The third question is freedom. You deserve exits that honor dignity, not struggle.
Blessing
May every room honor your body.
May every path clear when you enter.
May every exit return you home with ease.
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“These are not dramatic questions.
These are survival questions wrapped in wisdom.”
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2. Tools for Tired Brains
“When my mind’s playin’ tricks on me…” – Geto Boys
“Some days the brain is buffering.
Not broken, buffering.”
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Reflection
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ome days the brain is buffering. Not broken, buffering. And capitalism has convinced us to treat that as failure.
Tools for Tired Brains start where shame ends.
Booked
Try one decision a day. Not ten.
Try one priority. Not a list.
Try one system that honors your energy, not your expectations.
Busy
Neurodivergent brilliance is not messy, it is rhythmic. Disabled brilliance is not slow, it is intentional. Tired brilliance is still brilliance.
Built Different
Your clarity is not gone, it is resting. Let it return without punishment.
Blessing
May your mind move at the speed of mercy.
May your to-do list shrink to what is real.
May your energy be enough for the life you are building.
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3. When Your Body Says No, But Work Says Now
“Lord, deliver me… ’cause all I seem to do is hurt me.” – Donald Lawrence & Le’Andria Johnson
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Reflection
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here is a sound your body makes when it is done. Sometimes it is a wobble, sometimes it is a whisper.
Work will always ask for more. Your body will always tell the truth first.
Booked
We were taught to override ourselves. To treat exhaustion like a rite of passage. To ignore the aches that tried to save us.
Busy
When work says now but your body says no, the question is not “what is wrong with me.” The real question is who taught me that urgency outranks health.
Built Different
Your body is not betraying you. It is protecting you. It is closing the door before collapse walks in wearing opportunity’s perfume.
Blessing
May your no be holy.
May your rest be righteous.
May your work make room for the body that carries you.
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“Your body is not betraying you.
It is protecting you.”
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Closing Blessing
You deserve clarity that does not cost your spirit.
You deserve systems that honor your softness.
You deserve work that listens when your body speaks.
Softly rolling,
Kesha Moore, DES
Rolling With Keke: Where the events move, but the nonsense stays parked.
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