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We're Here | Φτάσαμε (poem)
It took a lot for little me to get here, and I consider that one of my life's greatest achievements: overcoming the dark instead of...
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Sep 21 min read
Énouement (poem)
If I could talk to my past self about my present-self's triumphs... I'd tell them that the rainbows that lived within them are now worn...
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Aug 91 min read
Shy Sun (poem)
after years of being told to tone down my light, it's no wonder my inner sun is shy... As the image description above already mentioned,...
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Jul 201 min read
A Note to Little Me (poem)
cherishing all the little mes that brought me here Boarded up in a clock tower with broken gears for years upon years, all my inner child...
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Jul 11 min read
Heart on My Spectral Sleeve (poem)
the magic of reparenting the inner child little me would look at now me all wide-eyed, gap-toothed grin, mind full of wonder and marvel...
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Jun 261 min read
A Fiery Raven Rising (poem)
what healing my inner fledgling looks like When everything was falling apart, from my rug-city of toy cars to my parents' arranged...
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Apr 11 min read
Perfectionism's Opposite (poem)
more acceptance, less striving for absolute perfection at all times Pine-lined path for miles. I think I'll stay a while and just be,...
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Mar 251 min read
Not My Job (poem)
self-minimizing and putting myself in harm's way for those who harm me are no longer my specialties Content Note: references to abuse...
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Mar 121 min read
Nothing to Fear (poem)
hiding from the things that go bump in the night in your mind doesn’t make them any less monster Amorphous shadows hiding beneath creaky...
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Mar 41 min read
While Others Were Growing Up, I Was Too Busy Trying to Survive (poem)
the title of this poem speaks for itself I often feel younger for my age, and in part, it has to do with my outlook on life, but it also...
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Mar 11 min read
Philanthrope (poem)
they tried to turn me into a misanthrope, and they failed... miserably I wasn’t born a misanthrope. No, this aversion to humanity was a...
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Feb 141 min read
A Vow to My Little Cell(f) (poem)
a short self-love poem for love day My red blood cells carry oxygen with a care I craved from a mother who carried too many burdens to...
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Jan 311 min read
Forward-Step (poem)
Long-lost lionheart, how do I forward-step when magma’s mere meters away, lava inching closer to my soles by the day? Inner roars and...
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Jan 231 min read
Cocoon of Chitin (poem)
self-protection isn't protective when it's a prison... My cocoon was made of moth-wings, but after enough asteroid-hits I mistook for...
Rei
Jan 162 min read
Soul-worn (poem)
a poem about wearing myself down trying to be someone "more palatable" when I should be building myself up by simply being me Worn down...
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Jan 102 min read
The Herculean Feat of a "Human Doing" (prose)
a prose piece about shifting our focus away from "doing" to "being" There is no thing (okay, maybe a few) more exacting than simply being...
Rei
Oct 31, 20232 min read
Wishful Invisibility (poem & art)
a poem about shrinking as a means of survival but later discovering that being seen no longer needs to be a threat; it is the key to...
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