loss
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Losing my Religion
I once thought of You every second of every day A recipe of adoration fear and codependency somehow supporting me keeping me alive while also stifling my identity You consumed me once But now I hardly think of You except in fleeting moments Sometimes I wonder if You are the air I breathe or the Continue reading
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How do you Grieve the Loss of yourself?
Do I not know who I am or am I just scared to let go of who I once was? Fearing the disappointment others may feel How little they may recognize me But will it hurt that much to lose people who never really saw me anyways? This version of me Carefree Unworried Just living Continue reading
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Mother’s Day Poem for All
To all the mothers By blood or not Here on earth Or up above To all those you have loved And tenderly cared for To those who were mothers To children not theirs Who kissed faces and dried up tears To new mothers on this day Experiencing the joy Of what they gave To bring Continue reading
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The Other Face of Courage
The courageous are the ones who suffer most Their reward may be inner strength or wisdom gained but so often this world and others may admire courage but they do not accept it or show it love I have sat with people I do not know when I could have chosen comfort only to have Continue reading
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The Almosts
It’s the dreaming that hurts the most The almosts The ones that never came true that were barely a seed in the ground before they died That future no matter how true fades as fast as it formed Those losses hurt too as all losses do To grieve them is to heal Don’t forget that 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 