Mileena Rayne

Musician • Writer • Truth-Teller

Welcome to my corner of the internet where vulnerability meets artistry. Here you'll find unfiltered thoughts, authentic music, and stories that dig deep into what it means to be beautifully, perfectly imperfect.

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Straight from my social media — poetic diary entries pulled from my real life, updated automatically.

"I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, and I hated going door to door. It wasn’t only because we did it in nearly every kind of Minnesota weather. Rain, sleet, snow, or hail, we were out there carrying those magazines. More than anything, I hated trying to convince people to take them and join my religion. It always felt wrong to me, even as a child, long before I understood..." Read more →
"The lessons that change us most can come from the strangest places. When I was younger, I read the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins, which was inspired by her daughter’s addiction to methamphetamine and the devastation that followed. Those books changed me. Ellen Hopkins heavily influenced the way I write poetry, but her work gave me something far more important than an appreciation for words. It taught me how one..." Read more →
"I could use any and all thoughts, prayers, good vibes, or whatever positivity there is out there right now. As some of you may remember, I recently went on leave from my job so I could finally process an assault I’ve buried for far too long, and give myself the time and energy to clean up my life a little and rest before I go back to caring for others..." Read more →
"I feel like religion and spirituality can be touchy subjects. While many people have found comfort and meaning in them, many have also been traumatized by them. That includes me. Religion has a long history of being used to erase cultural beliefs, justify genocide, control others, and divide people. It has genuinely caused so much damage. As someone who left the high-control religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses, it definitely left its..." Read more →
"“He will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”—Revelation 21:4 Although I’m not a religious person anymore, I still have a fascination with sacred texts. And while I feel like many people take scripture literally, I find myself thinking more about the lesson beneath it. My life has been..." Read more →