another illegal dies under suspicious circumstances and no one cares or mourns him, some even comment on how he should have stayed in his country- and it’s hard to understand the inhumanity, the hateful rhetoric Is his life worth less because of his ethnicity and immigration status?
You will always be a secret that I’ll regret one that makes me full of shame and guilt one I’ve tried to block again and again unsuccessfully It’s something I will never talk about it would cause my inner world much harm so I’ll keep quiet about it Swallow it whole It’s a story of trauma that doesn’t need to be told
saint tracey assured me my life wasn’t over she showed me love and compassion when everyone else shunned me she accepted me for who I was and encouraged me to follow the path of success she saw the hidden potential in me when other teachers saw laziness she was a prayer from God sent to me to remind me my mistakes don’t define me and that I was still worthy of the love and goodness in the world
getting to know the new you will be an adventure, and a risk worth taking even if we crash and burn once again because there’s no one else before or after who I loved more
“This is your time” the moon goddess whispers to me in a dream she puts her hand on my shoulder and a jolt of magic spread throughout my body I stumble and almost fall- but catch myself in time to stand up-and feel my power rise within I am invincible, I am empowered, I am ready to fulfill my potential and claim my success
What’s something most people don’t know about you?
trying to avoid self-destruction. I do everything in my coping toolkit and since nothing works I just allow myself to feel-allow my inner critic to win for a bit I can’t keep fighting my negative thoughts – they need to be heard and acknowledge my fears who feed my anxiety telling me I’m crazy and I’ll never be worthy of anyone and I listen and cry to my bully within I allow her to keep going until she starts getting tired and slowly, I shut her out at least for a while until another depressive spell happens
todos nos envidian y me tiran indirectas y insultos porque una generación nos separa, porque dicen que no soy suficiente para ti pero ellos no entienden que has sido el primero en tratarme como un princesa, el primero en amarme de verdad
walking along Kailua Beach-remembering the young and impulsive girl I once was always jumping without looking, always falling in love without thinking until one day, it all caught up with me and I was ostracized and had to leave and 4 years later I’m back to the place that brought me so much trauma and chaos and while I could dwell on my past wrongs and misdeeds today I’m choosing to give grace and forgiveness to my younger self who didn’t know any better, who was still discovering who she was
I no longer believe in always and forever because everyone I’ve loved has always left Or I’ve stopped loving them always and forever is a fairytale programmed into me when I was a young girl It made me believe in the impossible dreams of true love and soul mates the only thing love has ever brought me has been anger, sorrow, and self destruction so my dreams of always and forever have burned to ashes I bury in my poetry
Eliza, eliza, eliza what have you done? Entering a beauty content you have no business entering While you’re beautiful ,confident and powerful- Beauty contests aren’t for you when european beauty standards rule society it’s not that you’re less than them It’s just that your type of beauty is only meant to be fetishized to be fantasized about your beauty is a temporary place for men your beauty can’t keep a man, only excite men So while I’ll share the link and every now and then remind people to vote for you Remember your worth is not wrapped up in your beauty Because you’re more than your good looks You’re everything Kind, loyal, intelligent, witty, sexy, everything a man can dream of A woman a man can really love and be loyal to You just haven’t met him yet Trust is the process-trust in God’s divine timing
a tsunami of trauma washes over me and I regress to being 16- as I walk on the beach where I first fell in love as I stand on the bridge where I lost my shit and almost jumped off- regret and guilt sit at the bottom of my stomach and I want to vomit Instead, I pause and count to ten and breathe and I’m transported back to my present I’m safe again in my body- as I come to accept and love the immature and impulsive girl I once was who carelessly gave herself to others who never thought about the consequences and took risks she wasn’t the atrocity I made her out to be- she was just in a rush to live her life