Category Archives: Poetry

100 words: Who We Are

A collection of intense electric impulses, washes of hormones within a body that cannot fully encapsulate a mind left breathless by both touch and wonder, left stunned by both beauty and horror. Moments of decision, moments of indecision; moments of … Continue reading

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100 Words: Acceptance

We believe we are whole We believe we are a universe unto ourselves And I say to you, I say unto you, that we are nothing but waters, nothing but blankness, nothing but loss and darkness and emptiness. I say … Continue reading

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Rhythm (&Blues)

You’d better know how much I want you, how much I am willing to fight, how much I am willing to persevere and how much I need to be right, how much I can give up, how much I can … Continue reading

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Go, Then

with apologies to everyone who has shared the milk in my fridge, and the lists pinned to the outside — You think it’s easy because you’ve never had to tear it out of yourself even when it didn’t want to … Continue reading

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Blessing

What sort of blessing is it to know within you that you are a wretched thing? What sort of blessing is it to accept your flaws? Cradle them to your skin as the balm they are — you can never … Continue reading

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