do not wait
do not wait
til it’s a full fuck yes
sometimes the best decisions
arise from a quieter perhaps
do not wait
til you fully know
because we never really know
ya know?
do not wait
for their opinions
or judgments of
what is right or wrong
do not wait
to pack the bag
hop the plane
uncover yourself somewhere a new
do not wait
for someone to help
rebirth you
for you + you alone can only do that
do not wait
for permission
do not wait
for certainty
I beg you
do not wait
do not wait
do not wait
“do not wait”
4/24/22
Unraveling
I feel like I’m unraveling.
Not in a good way.
Not in the way you slowly undress string cheese.
More like in the way you hit rock bottom.
Or like watching a slow crash + burn.
Unraveling the ways in which I think.
The ways in which I talk to myself.
The opinions I choose to grip onto tightly.
I am no longer biting my tongue.
I stand tall for my needs.
My wants. My desires.
I am unraveling my darkest layers.
I am unraveling to save myself.
”Unraveling”
12/28/21
Life Five Fires Ago
Life, five fires ago, was
Wildly different
often alone…
Lonely?
I’d travel the coast in
search of more
More adventure
More men
more me
Riding the coattails of
“success” + what was
meant to make Us Happy
But she was
Never happy
You can’t feel happy if
You don’t allow yourself to
Feel Sad Too
Reconnect with the girl from
Five Fires Ago
hold her
love her
let her go
Theguelphpoet prompts
11/30/22
Love Letter # 24
Honor your emotions
Let them flow
Create
Move
Don’t sink
Don’t run
Don’t criticize or
Shame
Settle in
Be gentle
Pause
Soften
Reach out
Even allow a wallow
From time to time
But do not suffer for the sake of
Being fearful
Of what’s on the other side of your pain
Love letter to Self # 24
7/1/22
Escape Being
early morning light creeps in
I resist the start of a new day
I want to stay trapped in my dreams
where fantasies are facts
+ fear is fiction
where pain doesn’t
soak into my bones
+ anxiety can’t
touch my heart
facing another day means
experiencing
humanness
+ the mess of it all
meeting my doubts + insecurities
with arms held open in love
making space for every single
emotion that spikes in the day
in dreams
I escape reality
in reality
I escape [human] being
“Escape Being”
11/3/22
Your Ancestors
Your Ancestors-
They said
Be Still
Listen in love
All we have done was
In love for you
Move without fear
Create your own rhythms
Tend to your peers
Slow down to
Feel, long enough
To heal, release
Expand
Your voice is destined
For truth
For them
For you
Be still in love
For all is coming
Sweet one
”Your Ancestors”
9/21/22