I’m finding myself worn down by seeing just how deeply fighting has been engrained in our culture(s). We say we’re advancing but keep the need to survive alive. Our fear has become the most advanced weapon we/they have and it’s used against ourselves time and time again, by design. Getting to the root of theContinue reading “Poetry Series – Competition”
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Poetry Series – Honestly, I See Monsters
I’m tired of feeling like the people around me are the enemy. I’m tired of becoming the enemy because I’m trying so hard not to be. Sometimes we just need to pause, retreat, realign, and reemerge more lovingly. Honestly, I See Monsters HonestlyI don’t want a need to surviveto reduce me to weaving a webContinue reading “Poetry Series – Honestly, I See Monsters”
Anxiety Following Authentic Actions
This week calls for steering clear of a poem as we explore the topic of anxiety following or accompanying authenticity. Being that this is a challenging topic for me to explore and explain, I’m naturally inclined to drape it in an assortment of euphemisms and give it some rhythm but I think tackling it bareContinue reading “Anxiety Following Authentic Actions”
Poetry Series – Waiting Room
Nearing a year old, this guy has never made it out of the waiting room. Sitting, waiting, slowly going mad. I’m gathering a collection of poems, preparing to slam. This guy has never made it out of the waiting room, never approached the light of day. I’m looking for less than two minutes, trying toContinue reading “Poetry Series – Waiting Room”
Poetry Series – Growing Pains
The hardest thing to remember about growing is that not everyone will grow at the same rate. There will be times you grow so tall that the world as you know it is seen from a whole new perspective. We call this a shift. Some people will say in consciousness. I’m not sure if I’mContinue reading “Poetry Series – Growing Pains”
Poetry Series – Devil Disguised
I have this fear that someday someone will take me too literally. Maybe they won’t see that I’m just a very visual learner so lessons come a little more vividly to me. I have this fear that I’ll be 302’d, called crazy. I’d say the Devil passed that on to me but like I said,Continue reading “Poetry Series – Devil Disguised”
Poetry Series – Audience
Trauma will teach you to be who people want you to be but the truth is, no matter how much you try to bury the parts of yourself that they don’t want to see, they’ll always be there and someday they’ll win over. I think about cases of multiple personalities and I’m no doctor, IContinue reading “Poetry Series – Audience”
Poetry Series – Cancellation
I haven’t slept properly in days. In pregnancy time, that sleep deprivation feels like weeks. Add on to that the fact that, save for yesterday, I spent the 2 days before that packed full of morning to evening cooking – 3 weeks of food stashed safely in the freezer so the last thing I haveContinue reading “Poetry Series – Cancellation”
Poetry Series – Health(s)care
Pregnancy number one was a lesson in not trusting myself, from conception to birth. I don’t remember ever feeling as much fear as I did in those days so I bought into it, went along silently. I like to think it’s because I was younger than everyone that was telling me what to do andContinue reading “Poetry Series – Health(s)care”
Poetry Series – Plant Wisdom
I have this theory that our constant communication culture has led to a validation epidemic of problematic proportions. Call in the egos, they’re begging to be seen. Posting videos, status updates, and pictures that don’t even present the truth because they’re so focused on the ideal – just desperately hoping they will be seen… andContinue reading “Poetry Series – Plant Wisdom”
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