If you read long enough, you will be greeted by the fish. There was a cluster of light forming at the end of the forest line. I found myself focusing on it. Obsessing over it. A beacon screaming its importance to me in my yearning for direction. I followed it through the brush and the bramble as a twig swung at me out of nowhere. Jabbing out from the field of pine tree soldiers, the twig punctu...

 We deserve Better.At some point. We have to make the conscientious decision to heal. The famous saying goes, “time heals all wounds”. That holds some truth, yet it doesn’t necessarily mean those wounds will just go away with the passing of time. Decide to tend to them. I mean I’m sure many can relate to this: something or someone hurts you or you’re frustrated but eventuallyyou get over it.Sim...

Digested as a fever dreamwhere the genies in the sleevespeak a foreign fluent languagewith you. You speak back, butno cries reach them. Drownedout is the reaction. Stomped outby the flurries collaging forwardpassing each measure marker.—A.D,

WellYou acknowledge itYou accept itAnd you feel You feel itYou allow yourself to peelYou see yourself for realAnd you feel. You must feel. 10 minutes20 days5 years laterYou still feel You cryYou wailYou apologize to yourselfYou kiss yourselfYou hold yourselfYou remind yourself how far you've comeYou breatheAnd breatheAnd breatheAnd catch your breathAnd you move forwardReady to help to yourself...

I belong where the land is hard beneath my feet,And yet here I float,Gentle as the breeze on top of the sea. A cavernous abyss of water sinks below me to depths unknown. Bubbles arise from creatures secret,And the circle of life continues on despite my presence. It feels so good to feel so weightless,Having carried the baggage of my past for so long. 

As a songwriter, musician and creator, one of the most exciting things about music is the awakening of previously stagnant parts of us that all come together in motion when we open ourselves to feel the all the edges and nuances within music. When you open your mind, close your eyes and allow a song to wash over you, take you away from the day and somewhere completely different in time, and to ...

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i made this graphic bc i was on tumblr and there was a post about healing and growth came into my mind and i had the thought of “growth and healing.” as i was doing my graphic, the thought changed into “growth IN healing.” i’ve dealt with my depression and anxiety for about 7 years and still counting. and in the process of recovery, i learned that in healing from all the trauma and pain, i’ve ...

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Maybe it wasn’t about becoming but instead unbecoming. Unbecoming the deceit that robbed me from my childhood. The masked words of hatred that reached into the depths of my soul. The bruises that painted over my body like the scarlet letter. The thoughts that casually paraded around my mind to pull me into a deep slumber. Maybe the times I cried out asking God to forgive them, though the song I...