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Still

to be still and know If we slow down, life will slow down for us. All my life I’ve been rushing from one place to another, trying to get to the next place. I would find some sort of escape in always thinking about my next destination, but sadly as soon as I was thereContinue reading “Still”

Flow

I wish for my body to enter that state of flow just as the waves come and go, come and go my blood rises and falls in sequential rhythm like the sea all over me I have been stuck for too long in an unmoving cycle the crevices in my skin becoming stale stuck inContinue reading “Flow”

For those that love too much

My story with narcissistic abuse Do you love yourself more than you love me? Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you. I’ve disappeared from myself and my attributes, I am present only for you. I’ve forgotten all my learnings, but from knowing you I’ve become a scholar. I’ve lost allContinue reading “For those that love too much”

Homecoming

You have finally arrived. On the sole of your feet I can see the imprints from each step steps marked with grit and resilience; You have come a long way. Remember – how close you were to sinking? On some days you prayed for the sea to swallow you whole. For your body to cementContinue reading “Homecoming”

Ocean

My body is embraced by darkness, and yet my mind is never still. It seems that a lack of light makes it easier to forget. And my God comes slowly as silence, His footprints pressing into the walls of my mind, while another holds me close and asks why I do not speak. If I learntContinue reading “Ocean”

A river surges with love

To stay, or to come back again, or to never leave. To start all over, metamorphosing ourselves into strangers. To find each other on a path other than the one curved by the heat of a summer. Today, under the ground, the earth is simmering its life juice, and the buds tremble with the anticipation of breaking.Continue reading “A river surges with love”

So I stayed

December 19, 2017 We live in a world whose values are diametrically opposite to goodness. I cannot turn for advice, for their mouths are foul with pride and their hearts sing of selfishness. I now know that what is good will never get approval from those who claim to hold your hand. True teachers are silencedContinue reading “So I stayed”

Late Lovesong

June 03, 2017 I craved to feel this kind of love, anchored into my inside with the clarity of water. your eyes speak of a visceral honesty; you hold your head in truth, and carry light in the depths and spasms of this tired world. I knew you’d be mine. into you my darkness IContinue reading “Late Lovesong”