May 2023
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Building Home within Myself
I’ve begun to find a home increasingly within myself A place to sit and rest A shelter A warmth Before now I searched for home in places and faces I hoped I’d find safety and love Comfort and strength Sometimes I did but mostly I didn’t because even when I found a face a place Continue reading
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The Start
There I was walking along shoulders hunched head down following orders projecting a joy determined by others molded by expectations and then I tripped fell hard jarred awake awake to my reality and to the pain As I looked up a door opened off the beaten path I could not see where it lead but Continue reading
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The Wildflower You
May you be the Wildflower you growing where you’re not expected to And growing among those other wildflowers with you Keep your wild beauty of strange angles thriving in unlikely places Let the sun blossom you the rocks don’t stop you you grow right through them on them with them You are vibrant and unique Continue reading
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Find that Little Girl Again
I’ve got to find that little girl again The one swept up by dreams and imaginings The one told to come back down to earth and feel differently She understood how to live She felt deeply She saw vibrant colors and beauty She danced to her own tune She was magic I’m searching for you Continue reading
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Freedom to Love
Your love does not depend and is not defined by how I respond to it how I receive it Neither is my love defined by how others respond to it or others receive it That is the freedom to love that I desire Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 