poetry
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My Fragile Self
Before I came here I was fragile and I don’t think that is bad My fragility came from acknowledging pain I had ignored for years I entered this new chapter with courage and apprehension SO afraid it wouldn’t meet my expectations and it didn’t lonely stressed pushed out of my comfort zone again and again Continue reading
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Hard to say Goodbye
How do you say goodbye to a place that has changed you, has remade you, not despite its worst qualities but in spite of them It’s hard to say goodbye when people touched your heart and taught you much When a place has imprinted on you ignited your passions to listen to birds sing and Continue reading
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Navigator of my Heart
Written a couple of year ago: Oh navigator of my heart You know its paths You understand its knots and ties You find the hidden treasures and You know the dark places You do not fear them You seek them out and shine Your light making claim to those places of shame and pain You Continue reading
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Carry Belonging
Seeking belonging in a place in a face in a job in a feeling Belonging is found in one place Within yourself When you find it there you carry it with you to every place face job feeling Continue reading
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Hurt People Hurt People (Not an Excuse)
You broke my heart once and I turned away Now I see your heart was broken and breaking mine wasn’t about hurting me It was about you hurting I don’t regret walking away because your treatment of me was not okay but I wish I hadn’t let the hurt define me knowing now the way 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 