When love made me forget who I was, I had to choose myself to find my way back. I used to wake up each morning with a heart full of excitement, But now I wake up with a quiet ache, Wondering when I stopped feeling like myself. I used to believe that love was about [...]
Be careful of her, She has healed herself more times than you can ever imagine. Oh, honey, don't you dare underestimate the firestorm in her eyes. She's the kind of woman who's stitched her own soul back together with threads of starlight and sheer spite. She's danced through the darkness of her traumas, Not once, [...]
It’s not always easy, but you’re still here. That means something. Some Days Will Feel Too Much. There are mornings where simply getting up is an act of bravery. You won’t always be okay — and that’s not failure. That’s being human. You don’t have to bloom every season to still be growing. — Saiki Not Everything Will Make [...]
There’s a version of me I thought I’d be by now. Someone a little steadier, a little more sure. Someone who wakes up with less ache in their chest and more clarity in their eyes. I keep waiting for her — that future self — to show up. To step into my shoes and make [...]
The day I went to prison was one of the most transformative days of my life. This was all a stark contrast to the menacing appearance that a prison has from the outside, the dehumanizing element that the American prison system is infamous for. It was also a stark contrast to who we’ve been programmed [...]
We've all been there, and it's not a fun place to be It’s the feeling in the pit of your stomach. It's the quickening of your breath. It's the feeling of your heart dropping in your stomach and like you're going to pass out. Maybe you even start to shake or sweat. It's the moment [...]
Love hurts is one of the assumptions no one likes, but we all take for granted. But why does love hurt? Why is the one thing that, poetically speaking, has the power to transcend time and space, causing so much pain? Because it’s not love we’re speaking about, it’s attachment. Some people will probably hate [...]
“Look at you, comforting others with the words you wish to hear.” Sometimes, it amazes me how I can give advice to someone even without experiencing their situation. I find myself speaking words of comfort and offering solutions and support. It’s strange how easily these words come to me, as if I have rehearsed them [...]
Love — be it romantic, self, or otherwise — is rascally. A few undiligent weeks, and you can lose yourself, parts of you breaking off in pieces as the sun rises and sets. You can’t go on cruise control, ignoring the shifts, and starting and stopping that the cultivation of love requires. You must be [...]
The changes we undergo are the beginnings of many firsts. I doubt anyone remembers their first steps, the way you struggled with each step. You probably fell, time and time again, and eventually you learned how to walk, your feet steady, and your first time became somewhat cherished — by your parents, your family, and [...]
Perfectly Imperfect 