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No, you can’t defend the PIP cuts and there’s a chunk raggedly dragged from your soul every time you try

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at last spring in berlin purple flowers burst up from the forest floor in eager delight people flock to the streets to explore now that the #flocculant flurries of snow have melted into life-giving puddles the city is breaking its slumber at last #vss365

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Over winter I had to spend some time nursing a knee #injury. Being injured is hard enough, but it can come with extra stress when you have #PTSD. How do we cope when our body and our #mind aren’t on the same page? Read all about it here: buff.ly/fYU1uvo #substack

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I am so tired of this constant #rigamarole repeating in my head day in and day out every day, the same. your words swirling I don't think I believe them, yet still they persist haunting me, as you haunt me, always. I pray that I will make the memory of you stop eventually, I will be free #vss365

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The first spring flowers are emerging from the ground as I am emerging from my cocoon. I am so excited for the endless days of summer. #microverse #microtography

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we are taught certain things when we learn what it means to be a woman how to keep ourselves safe when we walk home alone at night how to blend quietly into the background; to become #incognito in the hopes that we will be left alone (1/2) #vss365 #incognito

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

an exploration in haikus, inspired by the forest outside my bedroom window. #poetry #poet #poem #haiku #winter #cold #birds #poetsofbluesky #writersofbluesky

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Pets are a blessing to any household, but how do they help those of us with PTSD? Read about my own experience with my cats and how they have impacted my PTSD in the best way. Is there anything more beautiful than sharing your home? buff.ly/ycfm2rX

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it is an uncanny thing to realise the maturity your younger self would brandish for protection was actually a sign of vulnerability. maybe if I had truly been a child I would have been able to say no. maybe if I could have said no as a child, I would have been able to live.

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The world has given you poetry… ✍️

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hold tight to the #balustrade even if you yearn to take flight hold tight to the balustrade hold on with all your might I know it may seem hard, my love to hold on to this earth I know it feels too much, my love to hold on to your worth (1/2) #vss365

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

We lean against the #balustrade to watch the city burn. We pour the last drips of wine and clink glasses. It gets warm as the flames hug our building. It would be kind of beautiful, if it wasn't for, well, you know. I try not to panic as the smoke fills my lungs. I don't want to say goodbye. #vss365

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I long to slip below the waters' surface, watching as the light is scattered, following me down to the lakebed below as I settle into the stems of the acquatic plants #microverse #microtography

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a longer poem today. don't let the walls that others have built inside of you control you. break them apart and use the materials to create something beautiful instead. #vss365 #emporium #poem

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

#outlier haunted that word, following everywhere. belonging, what is that? grasping never to connect outcast, always friends, even family no understanding how could they? the outlier, haunted #vss365 #poem #poetry

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

it is imperative that we do not pass down the outdated gender norms of our parents onto our children. if we don't teach them that they're beautiful just the way they are, who will? #vs365 #contour #prose

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

every cloud has a single lining. every woman has an inner fire. stir your embers, my love, and don't let any man hold you down. #microverse #microtography

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

I can't wait until summer is here and I can feel the warm dirt under my bare feet again. is there anything more grounding than your bare skin connecting with the earth? #microverse #microtography

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

And we are live! I am so excited to introduce my new Substack publication: Beauty in the Forest: A PTSD Recovery Journal. Let’s take this beautiful, terrifying, wondrous journey together ❤️ https://buff.ly/3D9vpg7 #substack #newpost #ptsd #recovery

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I have cried so many tears over the man who the world would have me call father. it is an impossible thing to accept that the person who helped give you life also took it away. if this speaks to you, I am so sorry. we will get through this together. you are not alone. #poem #poet #poetry

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sometimes the static in my mind is so loud it drowns out all of the good that exists around me. the world is a large, wonderful, terrifying place. don't let the static steal the light that burns within you. #microverse #microtography

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

a poem this personal can only be shared a long while after it's written. i am not in this place anymore. everything truly does pass. remember that. #poem #poet #poetry

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I truly hope you had a wonderful time with your lovely valentine #microverse #microtography

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

the forest next to my apartment has been blanketed in snow for over two days now. it is the most magical thing I have ever seen. #microverse #microtography

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

it's true there are two sides to every story. it's also true that sometimes one side is morally superior to another. #poem #poet #poetry #sometimes #sides

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

The snow in our forest is beautiful

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sometimes your brain is your worst enemy. sometimes all you can feel is the tears prickling at the sides of your eyes, begging to cascade downwards. let them. let them flow. it is only in feeling the things we do not want to feel that we will begin to truly grow. #poem #poet #poetry #tears #unwell

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although I find so much beauty in the frost that adorns the forest floor outside of my window, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't counting down the days until spring flings its cool raindrops across my windowpane #microverse #microtography

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

is winter over yet? #microverse #microtography

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I am in an incredibly fortunate time in my life where, after taking up my first job before it was legal alongside situations no child should have to be in, I can finally rest and focus on myself. and while this truly is a privilage I intend to cheirsh, it's hard to stop the guilt of doing 'nothing'.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

sometimes our coping mechanisms shine through the company we keep. surround yourself with people who make the world feel like sunshine, instead of those who make you want to become someone else. #poem #poet #poetry #pain #company #sunshine #coping #writersofinstagram

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when people ask about your scars, do not mince your words to make them comfortable. it is not on you to feel shame at what others have done to you. wear your scars with pride. they are proof that you are alive. #microverse #microtography

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it can be difficult to come to terms with not having the childhood you deserve. it can be harder still to accept that you have to create your peace in an adult world that is not made for you. but when you begin to see the rewards in the clouds as they drift along, it is worth it.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

we're almost at the midpoint of winter. it's not long until the first signs of spring. will you notice them? #microverse #microtography

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

go outside and touch a tree. trust me. #microverse #microtography

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