Poetry
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(un)Natural Disaster
If there’s one thing my mind is for sure, it’s a natural disaster. Striking, terrifying, weirdly beautiful if you know what to look for but always with a looming threat of death, and as unpredictable as they come. Continue reading
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The Shape of Sunshine
Covering everything I can see in intense splashes of energy that fade and dissipate when I look directly at them but bounce back immediately the second I look away. So I look away. Continue reading
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Spinning
Lighting up the sky inside my skull for a mere few seconds of mind-stopping beauty before exploding into a million shards of nothing more than spectacularly colored light. Continue reading
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When Everything Is Not Okay
To be ok right now would require a loss of my humanity that I am not prepared to lose. Continue reading
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Is It Time to Stop Caring Yet?
It’s not over. Sometimes you just need to take a break. Continue reading
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Bits and Pieces
One hundred unfinished poems Three hundred unfinished stories Infinity, unstarted How do I finish something before I’ve begun? Continue reading
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Filling the Spaces
There’s no time like the present Fleeting Fading Ever present, ever changing Continue reading
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Pushing Through:
Sometimes continuing a poem does not add value. Sometimes, it detracts. It’s helpful to have the wisdom to make the distinction. I am ok with people not understanding what I mean. Continue reading
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The Effects of Rats on Mental Health: A Very Scientific Article
For me, my rats have been a tremendous source of joy and purpose at times when I didn’t feel I had anything else. They made it onto every self-soothe list I’ve ever created in my years of DBT therapy. Pet a rat. Play with my rats. If not home, look at photos of my rats.… Continue reading
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Procrastinate but Persevere
The more we try at things, the more we fail. The more we try at things, the more we succeed. A whole is only as big as the sum of its parts. Continue reading
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