when anxiety keeps me awake
Sleep Tight Sweet Dreams But I don't sleep I won't dream They're back, you see The tremors The shakes and quakes that reverberate down my...
when I tried to make sense of my experience
If life was an ocean and to live was to exist within it Then happiness would be to float along the surface And depression would be to...
when I was the one that needed to change
If I am but a rock and you a river I have been moulded and shaped by you Sanded by your patience and your persistence You have given me...
when I tried to meet outer expectations
She sits before a mirror with a face she cannot see Feeling hollows in her skull where a pair of eyes should be. And traces slowly...
when I was striving for inclusion
I'd have no need to stand at your table if you'd just pull up a chair. And I'd have no need of a chair at your table if we had a table of...
when I didn`t know which scared me more
Darling, What is it that makes your heart beat in your ears? Is it fear of that which isn't? Or is it fear of that which is?
when I felt trapped in the cycle of sameness
Stuck. Is there anything worse than stuck? Unchanging. Immobile. The grasp of gravity in every direction. In every bone. Tendons tied to...
when we hesitated
I cannot have you wholly For I fear there isn't space To house your Self inside me Without my Self displaced And so to have you wholly My...
when I realized the power of words
Vulnerability like an open wound. Your words can be stitches, Or they can be citrus.
when I was struck by the irony
I'd like to be pretty; No one would notice anything else. But. I'd hate to be pretty; No one would notice anything else. I'd like to...
