10/4/18 – Untitled (Poetry)

10/4/18 I need healing. My journal no longer claims me; even she has no answers And… Writing poetry feels forced now. I need healing… And my pens running out of ink. I need healing from the same demons that were there at age 4 and 5 and again at 11, 12, 13, and 19. Dissociating […]

Piece By Piece

I once loved Once? Piece by piece Years of tears caused by unhealed wounds I’d cover them, the bleeding will stop soon Or, there will be others Poking and picking at the wounds The wounds that time were supposed to heal But I didn’t give it time Barely recovered Another piece of me Another lover […]

Maybe – Poetry

Maybe, just maybe If 6 years ago I had asked my mother how it felt to be in love I would have never reached this point Maybe, just maybe it would have saved me From all the breaking All the aching The tears that soaked my pillow Maybe if I had asked her Everything would […]

Freedom From Disturbance – Poetry

There is something about being out here. Something that pulls me out of bed each morning, grabs my jacket or pulls a hoodie over my unkempt hair and I am off to breathe in the morning air Something that I am still trying to figure out, taking pictures that I will later write about But […]

Strength + Growth

“You’ve taught me things that no teacher of mine ever could.” At about midnight, opening my notebook I began to write. Poetry began to flow from places I had no idea were still open. As it came I felt tears swelling in my eyes. This was it.. a place I had not been to in […]