Among many crashouts and panic attacks all month, I almost lost hope. However, I didn’t fall off the deep end because I’m too stubborn to give up. I got my sign from the universe today .and it might seem silly but I’ll take it. It was the first time I’ve heard another conan gray song on the radio other than “people watching”
poetry: ships
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

like ships in the night during a catastrophic storm
we crashed and wrecked
never saw the end coming, it just happened
one day we were, the next day we werenβt
while we were completely destroyed
and suffered like never before
at end of it all,
we can say
we became better for it
poetry: silly dream
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

when no one is watching I manifest a new lover-
Iβm tired of solitude, Iβm tired of crying from loneliness
so I dream about him, I write about him
and I pray that he appears
and while I tell myself itβs ok if he doesnβt exist
and itβs just one of my many silly dreams
secretly I want him to become a reality
I just want to know what itβs like for once
to be loved and accepted for the complicated
Woman that I am
poetry: catnip
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

a beauty so timeless men still flock to her
in her middle age
despite societyβs conditioning that women
past 40 are past the expiration date
for sexual appeal
what was it about her that she was catnip to men?
Well, she was honest upfront about the thing
people donβt like to talk about
poetry: mirror
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

I want to be just like you, so confident, so carefree
you never allow responsibility guilt you or bring you down
So I mirrored and mirrored you leaving my old self behind
wanting to free myself from the chains off my husband and kids
I wanna be fun, I wanna be sexy
let me fuck whoever I want
and I try but it never makes me happy
it was like jumping continuously on a trampoline of self destruction
sabotaging my chances at happiness, at success
at true self awareness
and one day the trampoline broke along with me
and I picked up my broken pieces
Dismissed the distractions and my need for validation
and I learned not to mirror you or anyone else
I finally found comfort and love in my own skin
poetry: well,okay then
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

when someone blocks me, I wonder what was the last straw
was is some irreverent post I posted
some salty poem on my blog that offended them
something stupid I said
most of the time I simply let it go and understand
Iβm not for everyone but when itβs someone
I considered a friend, Iβm stumped
because I thought friends were supposed to talk
things out when conflict occurs
I thought friends were supposed to give each other
Space when they screw up
But I guess in this instance, I must have done something
so unforgivable, so horrible, I didnβt deserve a warning
Before being blocked
And now thereβs nothing I can do
I have to accept this was just a season of friendship
and move on
Iβll never know what I did wrong
and heβll never know how he wrecked me
poetry: burden
poetry: obsessed
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

I wish I could forgive everyone who did me harm-
but something in me won’t allow me too
maybe itβs unprocessed trauma that still wants to speak-
about every single atrocity Iβve experienced
at the hands of those who said
they care for me and love me
I really wish I was better than this-
constantly holding onto these old grudges
but something in me still needs to heal
so I can stop obsessing about revenge
poetry: lesser evil
poetry: empowerment
I wrote this poem in November of 2024.

empowerment is sold as a way to heal ourselves
as a way to feel better
itβs commodified and made into a product to be consumed
in books, in self help guru from the gram
but really, it should have been something
we were taught from birth
not something we are trying to attain in our middle age
poetry: waltz
I wrote this poem in November of 2022.

breathing out the past, inhaling the future
I fall into emotional stability and itβs uncomfortable
I didnβt understand or know how to live a life without chaos
because for most of my life
I danced in the fire of chaos-wildly swinging everywhere
Discordant and without direction
And now I found rhythm along with direction
poetry: run
poetry: right for me
I wrote this poem in October of 2024.

in 2021, I ventured from the moon and landed on the ace of pentacles
never expecting to experience a revolution of self love
never expecting to one day feel like I was enough
but when I found myself down and alone
with no one to lift me up
I had to find my inner strength, my queen resilience
to slowly lift myself up and walk and eventually run
towards the light my ancestors turned on for me
it became a marathon of healing with ugly twists
where I stumbled at times
but eventually I found a rhythm in my routine
that was conducive to my healing journey
and I learned to dance with life
life no longer happened to me as I sat quietly
and in my misery
this time I danced with life stomping my feet
loudly and dramatically
no longer caring what others thoughts of me
from that moment on
I became the heroine and my own muse
in my life movie
owning everything that happened to me
Understanding the power and magic
I always held within
had been and will always be too much for others
but it will always be right for me
Inner child

What does it mean to be a kid at heart?
lean into your inner child, let your spirit once again
be filled with awe and wonder
forget societyβs rules that tells you to act your age
to control yourself,
who determines these stupid conventions and norms
anyways
sing out loud at the table, dance in your office
tell a stranger youβre glad they exist,
run in a field of flowers and giggle
lean into your inner child, let your spirit once again
be filled with awe and wonder
cherry chapstick
With cherry chapstick, I felt like a woman
I felt like a sexy vixen from the telenovelas
even though I was only 9-
and while everyone around me still treated me
like a little girl-
after applying my cherry chapstick
something awakened inside of me
Was it the beginning of puberty?
10/2/22



