suffering
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This is My Story, This is My song…
Coming to terms with how much pain and hurt I have stored in my body is not easy. I’ve carried the wounds since I was 6. 6 to 31, years of reinforcement, years of hiding, years of surviving…. honestly, years of dismissal, disbelieving that my wounds needed caring, healing, or validation. Instead, praying them away, Continue reading
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The Suffering
Written in 2021: Is there a line we cross a veil lifted for those who mourn like we suddenly live in a different world than others? For those who truly feel their pain Have they stepped into a place familiar to those who move on? Are we ever meant to “move on” to ignore the Continue reading
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Suffering is a Key
Suffering opens doors That could never have been opened It hands you a key To other people’s hearts Because they recognize In you A gentleness An understanding Someone who knows How to open the door How to come in Sit down And truly be with them Without your pain They would not open With it Continue reading
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In Suffering
It’s in suffering that suddenly my soul reawakened I did not welcome it at first I fought it I begged for it to go away I sought return idolized the past hoped for rescue prayed for the easy path Then suddenly You filled me You came to life again always there but my heart had Continue reading
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Love Pierces Through
Those that should have out lived you have passed from this world The vibrant and young grow sick the pure in heart face betrayal and brokenness The innocent flung into chaos There is an ache to living one that holds contradictions and injustices what hope can there be with such unfair rules plaguing this earth 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 