Poetry
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How Midnight Garden Found Her Way Into the World
Two weeks. Only two weeks since a little piece of me has been released to the world. And while I anticipated ample love from my people, I didn’t expect the outpouring of support I received. I was simply floored by it. It’s taken this much time for me to get around to putting my words… Continue reading
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Why I Write at All
Hi dear readers, followers, and friends. I want to take a moment to introduce myself—not in the polished, professional way one might expect. Not with presentable sentences about how fulfilling writing is, or a list of hobbies meant to make me sound socially acceptable. Instead, I want to crack the door to my internal world… Continue reading
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Unfolding: Finding My Way Back to Myself
UnfoldingUnder the night skythe moon hidden by trees,surrounded by shadowsof lessons unlearned.What lies within them,secrets I hold,truths unspoken,tears that have been spilled?I cannot see the moon,I trust it will guide mewhen I am ready.In the dark nightis where I grow.Unfoldingas their eyes remain closed.They restas I battle.They stay stillas the moon moves melike the tides.It… Continue reading
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Unbroken
This poem was written in a season where endurance became its own kind of language. UnbrokenI’m not broken—my edges are rough,worn,sharpened.This is proof of my strength,my resilience, my relentless will.The world tries to dull me.Men try to take from me.My shadows fight to break me.But these ragged,weathered,razor-sharp edgesstand as evidence of their failure.I’m not broken—no.I… Continue reading