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”
Tag Archives: Growth
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”
Poetry Series – Devil in Details
My need for variety will be the death of my so I’m slowing down and trying to build a skill – or two, or three, maybe four. I need to toggle back and forth, have diversity to my day. Sometimes I need to think of what I’m writing, other times I just have something toContinue reading “Poetry Series – Devil in Details”
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 – Razorblade Nails
I’m always working to be a better person than I have before. They say people are mirrors and we see ourselves in them. They say you can only be triggered by that which another does if it also exists in you. We only recognize that which we too hold. And I don’t think it takesContinue reading “Poetry Series – Razorblade Nails”
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