TRIGGER AND CONTENT WARNING: Though mostly metaphorically described with imagery, there are some very real and graphic lines concerning the effects of anorexia nervosa and other mental… Read more “A Message From the Heart”
Tag: slam poetry
No More, No Less
it makes me laugh when I see that people have scratched off letters on the warnings placed on the doors of the T so that instead of… Read more “No More, No Less”
Phoenix
everyone always watches the old year give way into the new/ like a dying firework much less dazzling/ than the ones that herald this purportedly magical day/… Read more “Phoenix”
Marionette
When the sun gives way to the moon And its curve that I long to fall asleep in I surrender myself to the puppeteer pulling at my… Read more “Marionette”
I am Not a Number
i am not a number i am not the value the tape measure reveals when it wraps around my waist and encircles my stomach which is the… Read more “I am Not a Number”
love is
i stare languidly out the car window as the sun sinks in the distance and paints the sky a rainbow of colors, feeling the wind whip through… Read more “love is”
puzzle pieces
my life has been an endless search for the missing pieces that would complete the puzzling reality that it is and because i am sometimes selfish, i… Read more “puzzle pieces”
If You Didn’t Know Me
If you didn’t know me, you wouldn’t know about the scars on my heart The lacerations that etch deep rivulets through which the poison of my thoughts… Read more “If You Didn’t Know Me”
My Favorite Poem
This week I decided to share the poem that has probably meant the most to me with you all again. It reminds me that even on my… Read more “My Favorite Poem”
To Love Oneself
why is it so hard to love ourselves? imagine the way a mother cradles her newborn baby marveling at every inch, from the tiny fingers and toes… Read more “To Love Oneself”