that they dream too big that they choose themselves like it’s a bad thing they told me that too he did and he did and he did and i thought they were right until i looked in their eyes and i saw fear not wisdom i saw smallness not strength and they couldn’t hold my…
Continue reading ➞ a note to all the girls who have been told they are too much
I notice more here. Everything is different and new and fresh to me, seeing this world for the first time. There's Gothic buildings and trams and Czech words covering the street signs and castles. But it's funny because I notice more of the little things. It's like waking up. A daughter holding her elderly father's…
My room. My closet. My car. My hair. My brain. Every once in a while, all of the above. A mess. Your twenties can feel disastrous. Like downward spiraling mixed with euphoria mixed with McDonald's fries. We try to play it cool. The weekly I'm officially gonna get it together declaration strikes again, more boldly, more painfully,…
We cover it in words, music, anecdotes, ums, hms, car horns, fans, ambiance, rain sound apps, noise machines. Anything and everything to cover it up. Why do we hate it so much? When it is silent we hear ourselves. Our own minds don't shut up. They sound like us, same voice, speaking words that are…
Woke up, the teen years gone by. Things are about to start moving faster and faster and somehow even dizzyingly faster. The “real world” is looming heavy overhead, an empty threat come to life. Yet I’m pretty sure I’m mentally about 14 years old and I’m wondering if we ever actually feel any older or…
please remember we live in a world where people hold open doors for strangers. and a little kid was just adopted. and someone just fell in love. and someone is giving blood. and today is a happy couple's 50th wedding anniversary. and tomorrow a man will pay for the person’s coffee behind him in line.…
Blood spills red from black or white blood spills red on pavement littered with sharp shards of oppression, broken glass and bottle caps a child loses a father a wife loses a husband a mother loses a baby 9 months in the womb 24 years on the planet cut short cut short by a world…
