I’m having one of those can-you-believe-the-audacity kind of weeks. Half not minding my own business but I own it and allow for release. So here’s all of the frustration, flowing out to set me free. Control On a scale of 0 to 100ControlEnergy is about a five.GraspingFor someone to latch onto your angerAnd when IContinue reading “Poetry Series – Control”
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Poetry Series – Hurt People
Hurt people, hurt people. Hurt people hurt people. I repeat. Hurt people, hurt people. Hurt people, hurt people. HURT PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE! HURT PEOPLE, HURT PEOPLE!!!! You can say I’m selfish when I’m not coming around, I get it. It looks that way. But my healing is just as much for you as it isContinue reading “Poetry Series – Hurt People”
Poetry Series – Energy
Beneath the anger, almost every time without question, you’ll find hurt, fear, sadness, or grief. A useful tool when facing danger, maybe, to keep you at the ready. Even that I’d question. Fueling your anger with attention, acting it out as if it’s the truth, will get you no where but farther away from you.Continue reading “Poetry Series – Energy”
Poetry Series – Daughter
You will always be forced to face what scares you the most, over and over again until you free yourself of the cycle by submitting, letting go. Maybe this time around, I’ll find some release. Daughter They say she might have a hole in her heartAnd I wonder if she got it from meIs itContinue reading “Poetry Series – Daughter”
Poetry Series – Competition
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”
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”
Poetry Series – Vulnerable Confessions
Do you ever feel like your sexuality doesn’t fit your body? Like it’s not yours to carry around, show off, do something with? I’m learning to love my love and love my sexuality too. I’m learning to accept that intimacy isn’t just a thing to be had between two and that it differs from commitment,Continue reading “Poetry Series – Vulnerable Confessions”
Poetry Series – Terrorists
Sometimes I find myself still struggling to acknowledge the things that suck, that upset me, out of a fear of upsetting others. But what an injustice it is to silence my own experiences just so others can enjoy theirs. So here I present to you the things that suck, that upset me, even though they’reContinue reading “Poetry Series – Terrorists”
Poetry Series – Monsters
Sometimes I feel like I am perpetually stuck in school, working on a group project but with partners that aren’t willing to see beyond their own vision of things, working with partners that are moving independently, that want everything done a certain way but only says they’ll do the work, says they’re DOING the workContinue reading “Poetry Series – Monsters”
Poetry Series – Teething
Guys – I ugly cry over how much I love my boyfriend like, all the time. I’d say it’s embarrassing but I’ve fought so hard to feel safe being this is love. When I acknowledge someone loves me, sometimes it still feels fraudulent because there have been people that said they loved me only toContinue reading “Poetry Series – Teething”
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