I wrote something that isn’t meant to be read quickly.
It’s layered.
It’s slow.
It’s the kind of piece that unfolds the longer you sit with it.
Exposed
#poetry #writing #writers #CreativeWriting #DarkPoetry
#AmWriting
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I wish people put the same energy they use to tear others down into improving themselves.
Because where was that motivation when they were at their lowest?
It’s easier to project than to sit with yourself, but growth has always required honesty.
#selfawareness #growth #truth #healing
“I needed you.”
Not later.
Not eventually.
Right then.
When I Needed You
(a writing prompt)
#PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #EmotionalWriting
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Something in the air is OFF 😭
Typos back to back, mini crash outs, nothing flowing right
I need an astrologer to tell me what’s going on
my friends: girl go to therapy
#spiritual #mood #wtfisgoingon
I feel like Yuko—
people are stranger than the spiritual world.
I speak in riddles,
but the answer is always the same:
look at yourself.
#writersofbluesky #poetry #selfreflection #amwriting
I poured my pain into this work
and I can’t even see if it reached anyone.
Feels like I paid the full price…
for nothing.
#indieauthor #writingcommunity #poetry #amwriting #authors
I really appreciate you sharing this🙏♥️it sounds like you’ve been carrying a lot. I’m grateful the piece could resonate with you even a little. It came from a place of trying to understand ourselves with honesty, not blame. I’m wishing you a lot of strength as you continue to face that.🫂
I think sometimes we don’t hold onto the past because we miss it.
We hold onto it
because it gives us something to blame
instead of facing ourselves.
The Shield We Call the Past
#Poetry #Writing #SelfDiscover
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There is a space people rarely speak about.
Not the ending.
Not the beginning.
The place in between.
I wrote a book for that space.
The Liminal Space In Between is now available.
a.co/d/06pCGpJO
#poetry #liminalspace #introspective #writing #indieauthor
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I didn’t plan on sharing this yet…
But I wrote something for people who are in the middle of becoming.
Not healing. Not fixed. Just… in between.
If that resonates, stay close.
#liminalspace
#introspective
#becoming
#emotionalwriting
#innerworld
#softthoughts
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After months of writing and crying,
editing and re-editing,
formatting… fixing… reformatting again—
your girl finally got this shit down.
Like… oh my gosh.
She’s an editor now. 💅🏽
#writingjourney #amwriting #authorlife #indieauthor #booktwitter #poetrycommunity #writerscommunity #fyp
I think one of the hardest realizations is this:
You weren’t in love.
You were just used to them.
I wrote about that in a piece called Guys Like You.
#Poetry #WritingCommunity #Breakup #Healing #WritersOfX
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Some things aren’t meant to be kept.
Only felt… just long enough to understand what you chose to live without.🕯️
#writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #Substack #poetry #selfreflection #healingjourney
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Sometimes people don’t envy what you have.
They envy what you survived to become.🎭
#writingcommunity #Substack #poetrycommunity #selfreflection #healingjourney
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We are often so desperate to be understood that we forget the power of understanding others.
#communicationiskey #reflecting
Even when you think you’re delayed or off track, you’re exactly where you need to be in a place of knowledge and deeper exploration. #growth #trusttheprocess #healingjourney
Aloneness forces you to face the parts of yourself you’d rather avoid, but once you embrace them, you create standards, set boundaries, and gain clarity about the love you truly deserve.
The way you love yourself sets the standard for how others should love you. 💕 #SelfLove #Healing
Demonic = “I fear” — “I don’t understand” — “I was taught”
Anything that promotes healing and freedom is viewed as demonic.
Healing can be scary—because fear clings to us, keeping us from realizing just how powerful we truly are.
