How many urges do you resist for every time you give in? No, really, that’s a real question. I’m curious. How consistent is growth to count as progress? I’m starting to think I’m an extremist and like settling in the middle may be beneficial if I’d like to coexist. I’m questioning. What’s genuine? What existsContinue reading “POETRY SERIES – Alightihit”
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Poetry Series – When a Conversationalist gets labeled a Colonizer
I toggle back and forth between the idea that we should talk about race vs not. Inevitably when I settle, it is somewhere in this gray area where I understand that our tone is more important than our words chosen. Motive matters and I am always working on weaving more unity into the experience ofContinue reading “Poetry Series – When a Conversationalist gets labeled a Colonizer”
Poetry Series – All I Could Give
Look… I saw this adorable video of Meg Falley & Andrea Gibson and they’re talking about how writing a love poem can be as simple as offering someone all of the things they never got in their childhood. Pair that with learning to love beyond my hurt and a strong sense of pattern recognition andContinue reading “Poetry Series – All I Could Give”
Poetry Series – We Don’t Call It Slavery
I remember a time in my life where my dad would get really hostile as white people were actively supporting and speaking on correcting the still existing racism in our country and the presence of white privilege. I spent a long time confused. I was so puzzled that some one would still be so blindContinue reading “Poetry Series – We Don’t Call It Slavery”
Poetry Series – Cancer
Do you believe in the human ability to heal? What do you know about energy? Belief? A treatments success is determined internally by these. Are you ever scared of yourself? Your story, maybe? Cancer There’s an ache in my bones, calling me back to my roots. This human need for structure and stability are killingContinue reading “Poetry Series – Cancer”
Poetry Series – Love (hurts?)
I’ve been thinking a lot about “pain tolerance” lately and the things we accept as “enough” when we really are looking for love. Let this serve as resolution that I am officially unable to water-down my wants for anyone. Whether I have been asked, expected, or volunteered… this is my immediate notice that I amContinue reading “Poetry Series – Love (hurts?)”
Poetry Series – Abstinence
The world is (unhinged) right now. I am taking deep breaths, trying to ground myself in a reality worthy of staying in. I am mindful of what is crossing the threshold of my boundaries. Listening within the quiet, I recognize – I’ve been hiding. As I re-emerge and reenter my own body, I settle onContinue reading “Poetry Series – Abstinence”
Poetry Series – Performative
Do you want to know the shameful truth? Of course you do, we love knowing we’re not alone in our monstrous beliefs and habits! The truth is, I feel most alive on stage. I love the attention and the physical proof that I am good at something. I walk away, shaking. Every cell in myContinue reading “Poetry Series – Performative”
Poetry Series – Gifted Flames
Sometimes I think I’ve got to ignore my feelings so that I can prove to them that they have no hold on me. Truth? It almost never works. But pen and paper, blessed with intention and permission for flowing? It works. Like, every time. People don’t hold power over you simply because they illicit aContinue reading “Poetry Series – Gifted Flames”
Poetry Series – Two, Coexist
I’ve been having a hard time accepting that I can have let myself down in the past AND show up for myself in the future. For someone who so desperately believes that people can change.. I haven’t done great at offering myself the grace and space to do so. So cheers to coexisting – causeContinue reading “Poetry Series – Two, Coexist”
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