-
You Are Not Enough…and that’s okay
don't feel pressured to meet everyone's requirement to be "enough"
-
Always but Never: empty words
you probably didn’t notice until we got closer how always and never are two words i’ve left unspoken i don’t think i noticed when but as time went on it became impossible for me to promise things that might never be because people’s words were often broken they said always but didn’t show they said never but then they did they came and went as they liked never thinking about the consequences of the words they said and now that part of me can no longer believe… ~~~<>~~ A recent conversation with a friend left me quiet for a time because I couldn’t say the words they wanted to hear.…
-
~starsky: in the dark~
Lost in this desolate land I am free from the things that crowded my mind The boulders that blocked my path are gone The trail is worn, yet not so much that I stumble I am in a void Yet as darkness comes ~true darkness~ I am surrounded by brilliant light as stars fill the sky Is this what beauty is? Is this peace? Nothing in sight, just me and the sky As the heavens dance I am alone and that is enough Accompanied by the wind who sings a sweet lullaby and rustles my clothes I forgot Forgot about that heavy weight that kept me from breathing In this…
-
i was only twelve
—life as a woman—
-
~Looking from the Other Side~
To to girl whom tears came easily...
-
~Whisper in the Wind~
Speak up they say And so I do Speak up they say I can’t hear you I try and try to open my mouth To raise my voice and to be heard I speak and yet I get no response I ask and yet I hear no answer Speak you say? But no one can hear Be loud you say? But no one answers How can I feel comfortable with sharing if I feel like I am yet another voice in the wind? A murmuring people never hear How can I feel like I am heard if I am just a whisper in this world? I want to share my…
being authentic in a filtered world
