Joyful Ruins

Discovering joy in the hard places


poetry

  • 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

  • Birds Migrate

    We shout out Welcome! Dream! Freedom! while barring the way for those who need the hope of a new start We rip apart families because we’ve convinced ourselves they are animals We let birds fly back and forth over our borders oohing and aahing at their colors while we spend millions of dollars to stop Continue reading

  • Nurture Versus Nature

    It’s truly been my world that’s made me sick I’ve always been told I was the problem My thinking wrong my feelings too much But now that I’ve found safety and I am more myself than I have ever been I know that it wasn’t me that was wrong but the world I lived in Continue reading

  • Internal Compass

    I seek strong feelings outside me Looking for spectacular moments So stunning I have no way to deny how perfect it is Or I hope and ask and dream of someone else telling me “This is right” BUT they’ve been wrong and only this internal compass the one inside that whispers and guides The one Continue reading

  • Life after Shame

    It feels absolutely odd to feel good without shame To eat the burger To spend the money To skip the meeting and kiss the guy No overthinking No after shame I just don’t know what to do with myself now 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.

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