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Ash Jan 10
I can smell it
in the air.

I can almost
feel it wrap
around me.

It's like a cool
mist at first..

Then it starts
to get very
HEAVY.

The sounds
of it hitting
my umbrella.

Thump Thump Thump...
Speeding up.

This is my
little safe
space to be me.

The freshness
I feel all
around me..

I can hear
a loud rumble
in the near
distance.

It's coming!!

I start to feel
the hairs
on my arm rise.

A smile
comes across
my face.

I close my
eyes shut
tight.

THUNDER.

The rain
brings me
happiness.

A chance
to start over..
FRESH.
Ash Jan 10
I've never known how
to deal with pain.

Pain is something
that you push down.

Hush. Hush.

Growing older is
full of resentment
& mountains of pain.

How do I handle
the pain that
is too much?

Some day I
will be free
of this pain.

I must be free.

Freeing yourself
of pain & hurt
is lifelong.

We must speak
about the pain.

Do you feel the
weight lifting?

To be free of
the pain
you must release.

In the end,
you cannot
have happiness
without pain.
This is one of the first pieces I wrote last year when I started attending my writing workshop.
Ash Jan 10
Unbecoming everything that isn’t you.
.. this is such a factual statement.
We live in a society where everyone masks and they don’t even realize it.
There is this facade that we parade around throughout life, while becoming a little bit of every person we meet.
Who are we really?
Am I truly someone who works in an office every single day of my life, or am I a little piece of everyone I’ve ever loved?
We are the only ones who know our true selves.
Everyone’s perception of you is wildly different.
We are chameleons.
Ash Jan 10
So you have everything…
We have **** near
NOTHING.
We need support
& we need care.
But you take and take
With nothing to share.
We are screaming
We are dying.
But you sit there
Lying lying lying.
Profit over people.
Profit over people.
They say we deserve nothing
& you deserve everything.
WHAT MAKES US SO ******* DIFFERENT!?
But people we waking up..
Due to your lies
& people dying.
I hope you’re scared.
I hope you lie awake a night
Knowing there’s blood on your hands.
Ash Jan 10
Man.. this one seems like a big one.
Last year was one of the worst.
Still struggling..
Gasping for air.

I’m ******* fightin’!
The grasp on me right now
Is so ******* intense..

I can ******* do this.
I’ve harshed the weather of the storm.
..but I keep getting back up.
Yes, this is rock bottom.

I wasn’t supposed to
Be alive this long.
I have fought many battles
In this ****** up life.
Today is no different.

I will rise up.
I am no longer a victim
Of this insidious reality.

Speak up.
Use your voice.
Take that hand..

YOU are the solution.
In order to get there
You just fight & grow.

Year 35…
I AN GOING TO THRIVE ✨✨
Ash Dec 2024
Who is this person looking
through the mirror?
I do not know them,
but they seem familiar.

I would like to know
this person.
I can see the hurt
and the shame in their eyes.

I want to hold them.
To let them know
that I’ll be right there.

I’ll be there to watch
them grow, blossom,
and bloom.
I’ll be there to love,
to care, and to listen.

I look deeper into
the persons eyes
Then I realize..
They are.. ME.

I breathe deep and slowly exhale.

This person is a
stranger to me,
but I must stick by them.

I suddenly am overwhelmed
with all of the hurt and wreckage
this stranger has caused.

All living breathing things
deserve to heal, to grow,
to be better and to love themselves.

This person deserves
a chance at life.

I believe I can pull them out.
They seem to think that
they are stuck in the mirror.

I need them to take my hand.

I need them to see their worth.

They are needed.
They are loved.
They are heard.

— The End —