Category Archives: Poetry
It Hurts Like Hell (surviving when everything falls apart)
So feel, with every fiber of your being. It’s not about comfort but about truly [...]
Does Grief Ever Go Away? What Stays
What Stays Grief doesn’t end. I kept waiting for it to. Kept thinking there was [...]
Sickening (a poem about dehumanization & power)
It’s sickening, the way power wraps its hands around the throat of truth, how it [...]
Embracing Imperfections (why your rough edges are your best parts)
There’s this pressure to always be the polished version of ourselves – clean, easy, palatable.This [...]
When Words Fail (what to say when someone is grieving)
This piece is for the moments when someone you care about is hurting and you [...]
The Secret to Inner Peace
Do you want to know the secret to inner peace? I’m sharing my poem The [...]
One More Step
This poem offers hope and motivation for anyone who has struggled with emotional resilience and [...]
Bare Narratives (the stories we wear)
In-bodied. This skin, this frame – it’s where I live, Not just a shell – [...]
To My Sun-Loving Yogi (grieving my dog)
No matter how many times I say to myself, “She had a good, full life,” [...]
How Scribbles Quiet the Mind (when nothing else will)
Deep at nigh , when your thoughts are eating you alive, sometimes the only thing [...]
Beyond Breath
No more chains, no more weight pinning the day to the body. Freed from the [...]
Emotional Pain (when “sit with your feelings” feels impossible)
“Sit with your pain, be with it,” he said.I smiled, screaming inside:“You have no frickin’ [...]
Being Real (self-acceptance & authenticity)
I’m sharing my personal discovery of how our struggles, fears, and imperfections are just as [...]
Why That Person Drives You Crazy (what your triggers reveal about you)
The Person You Can’t Stand Is Trying to Tell You Something I was hate-scrolling someone’s [...]
I Mean It (the stupid inner critic)
A poem about negative self-talk: how you can mean every gentle word you give other [...]
Tuesday
Grief is what love looks like in my hands.
Feeling Lonely in a Screen-Filled World (social media depression & digital disconnection)
Longing for Connection in a Screen-Filled World You know that specific emptiness that hits at [...]
Between Then and Now
Here’s the one where I said too much, here’s the one where I said nothing,
Hidden Truths & Unspoken Stories in Crowded Rooms
Reading Between the Lines (on politeness, pretense & presence) I stood there, amid the swirl [...]
I Let It
A poem about fear of vulnerability and emotional avoidance, the way “safe” turns into lonely, [...]