There’s something lonely about being a writer. There’s beauty in the loneliness just as there’s a bit of beauty to most everything in life. The solitude of a writer is chosen by the individual. We make the choice to either be the extrovert, spending our moments in live conversation with others in the world, […]
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a decade’s worth of thanks
As we enter 2020, a new decade, it only makes sense to me to give thanks for the years passed. How does one give thanks for an entire decade? To begin: gratitude for ten years of health and happiness. I was thirteen when I entered the 2010’s. I couldn’t have imagined that life would take […]
Setting Tears on Fire
“I know pain. I know what pain feels like.” My mother looked at me, uncertain. Startled by my words. The psychiatrist looked around the room, nervous, Wiping sweat from his brow And letting his shirt soak up the dampness from his palms. “I know how it feels to dive deep into yourself, To go […]
Love letters to my restless heart
I don’t write to be perfect I write for you Who is wonderful In your imperfection And so I write To feel wonderful To feel emptied And replenished Each time that I am filled To the brim With all that it means To be human I write To be imperfect And to feel Perfect doing […]