Vulnerability

  • Let Them Laugh

    ‘Let them laugh!’ they giggled, as they hitched their skirts up and danced with the wind. Continue reading

  • Everything While I’m Alive

    There are days when I fall to my knees. When the wind leaves me hollow, and my tears water the dust. And I say to the ache of life— I feel you. Still, I ask you to stay. Because without… Continue reading

  • Bravely

    To me there is no longer an option to live anything but bravely. And completely. Knowing all that I need is inside of me. And nowhere else. Ever. Continue reading

  • Naked

    She stood before the mirror naked. First, she saw that her soul was bare. Next…her body. Perfect white, creased by a lifetime of curving for others. So fragile stood the moment of naked. So solid stood the lifetime ahead. Of… Continue reading

  • Permission to Breathe

    For the girl who is miserable: No. You are not the only one.   For the boy who is angry: No. You are not broken.   For the human that tries so hard to be a version of perfect that… Continue reading

  • Gentle

    I try to be gentle with the girl inside me. She is imperfect. She hurts, and she hurts others as she tries her best to be. She thinks and she thinks, and she doesn’t think enough until something in the air… Continue reading

  • Who Am I

    In the books. In the sky. In the wind, in the trees. In the music. I look, and I listen and I ask: Who am I? And am I a big kid yet?               Continue reading