don’t stop the bleeding
sit with pain, listen to it
feel it break open
Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020 at 6:38 PM UTC
I
saw
a weep-
ing willow
with dried tears—
perhaps it learned to
hold hands with its fears.
I wonder if its roots are still
tangled in self-pity, if it realizes
what a waste it is to not notice its
own beauty. I know its branches
of hope will forever climb up the
sky, for it is a strong warrior
whose spirit will never,
ever die.
Jul 10, 2020
Jul 10, 2020 at 3:24 PM UTC
1, 2, 3…
𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡, ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒
I pretend to look for her
but somehow I find her
without even trying
Sadness opens her arms wide,
hugs me so hard
I hear my bones break
I can’t move, I can’t breathe
yet she clings onto me tightly
until she melts
right into
my skin
Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020 at 4:09 PM UTC
Wasted
i
s
t
h
e seconds I lived
t in my
h head
e minutes I let anxiety
t build up
h in me
e hours I wished I could
t dis-
h appear
e days I wallowed alone in
t self-
h pity
e weeks I tried to outrun all
t of my
h fears
e months I hated every inch of
t my-
h self
e years when I believed I was worth
nothing
Jun 9, 2020
Jun 9, 2020 at 4:01 PM UTC
I gaze in the mirror
at the bumps and blemishes—
unsightly mistakes etched
on a canvas of skin
I pick at all the red spots
𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏
I pick at all the scabs
𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑
I pick at all the scars
𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕
I peel off all this rotting skin
only to find more layers—
of crippling fear
of clawing jealousy
of heavy shame
eating away at
what is underneath it all—
a woman who does not have
the courage to love herself
Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020 at 4:15 PM UTC
some days, reality is suffocating
so we turn inward and drown
ourselves under the weight
of our own thoughts and
let our demons feed on
our deepest insecurities
we get so used to it that we don’t feel
our bodies screaming in pain,
craving for a taste of fresh air
or even just a moment of stillness
we forget we have arms and legs
aching to swim across the sea
we forget that our thoughts are
merely soft clouds passing by
because
we are not our thoughts
we are not our thoughts
we are not our thoughts
we forget that
all we need to do is
breathe
Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020 at 3:35 PM UTC
q
u
i s
e u r
t n a
y
s
r o i s
bring the p m e
of a new day
I b r e a t h e
(I’m okay)
May 30, 2020
May 30, 2020 at 4:58 PM UTC
to know love,
we forsake our sanity,
the control over
our own minds
we take the risk of
losing more than just
parts of our hearts
to know love,
we break ourselves
over and over
only to chase after it
blindly again
despite knowing that
no one will ever
come close to truly
knowing love
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020 at 4:50 PM UTC
seek solace
in the inevitable—
pain and suffering
will heal only from within,
the unchanging flow of time
will soon change everything,
the sun will always rise and fall
the moon will still embrace all
today will come to an end
and we may part ways,
but tomorrow awaits
and we will decide
our own fates
May 28, 2020
May 28, 2020 at 2:31 PM UTC
we dance like y
tiny paper kites l
seeing how high we can f
just to get a taste of the
s k y
before the pull of g
r
a
v
i
t
y comes
and we feel again the
e a r t h ‘ s hum.
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020 at 8:11 PM UTC