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

Values

Ease 
Like sliding into cool waters

Connected 
Like baby + momma attached at the nipple

Trusting
Like a pup, belly up waiting for petting

Freedom to be 
Like Mother Nature in all her powerful being 

Creative 
Like sun painting evening sky

These are the values 
I align with


”Values”

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