poetry
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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
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Our Contradictions
As I hold my own contradictory ways I grow to hold those contradictions in others not to give permission for bad behavior but to recognize the very humanity in me the messy ups and downs opening and closing not always available or happy imperfect messy beautiful raw Humanity in myself is also in you and… Continue reading
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Healing Inside
I like to think that beaches and trees will heal me and though nature and place plays a part they aren’t the ultimate healer I often imagine the right friends people culture community will change my life and though I know these can make life more joyful they can’t change it all I have believed… Continue reading
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Ordinary God
I was taught that God’s power would be found in miracles salvation answered prayers opened doors But that is not what God reveals to us Jesus did heal yet He spent His life working as a carpenter He slept He danced and He showed up in gentle ordinary ways He constantly told others that He… 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 