this is my safe place my home my soul. i pour everything i am here, for you to hold these words close to your chest; and for me to purge out these overwhelming feelings iย own. (knowing that this haven of mine is known by people who only want to bring me down is [...]
Tag: poem
women are magic
think about it: women are magic. without us where would you be? our bodies are strongholds, we hold the world in our hands on our shoulders, in our wombs. we are entire universes within a body, molecules of unadulterated power and strength. and yet you refuse to see us as equals. [...]
i’ve never seen you so happy
i've never seen you as happy as you are now. skin glowing smile blinding your laugh at the ready. making the most out of this small country town. you are now who you are supposed to be. revel in it bask in your self-love for you have achieved dreams that seemed insurmountable before. [...]
POETRY REVIEW: WILD EMBERS BY NIKITA GILL
Poems of rebellion, fire and beauty Wild Embers by Nikita Gill is a firestorm of lovely prose, that at times, can be quietly powerful and other times, is an exhilaration of a pure unstoppable force. I will try and keep this review brief, only because I wholeheartedly believe that this is a poetry collection [...]
prologue
she tried to hold on. she tried to fight it. her babyโs cries pushed her on. she couldnโt stop it. the pain ricocheted; the bullet ploughed on. something trickled down her arm; it pulsed, she bled Red.
i want to rip out my voice
I want to rip out my voice and throw it at you make you bleed from words unspoken. the more i scream the less you hear the more i hurt the less you care. i want to rip out my heart and squeeze it and let it rupture in front of your face. so you [...]
but i claw my way back up
gravity takes me down. ... ... ... ears ringing, silence abound. Getย Up.ย Get Up. Get Up. Get Up.ย a mantra a fighting chant, with that i claw my way back up. fingers gripping the ground a leverage i push against, grapple my way to standing. the light? (where is it?) i panic iย feel [...]
gravity takes me down
a life light a flickering beacon, of hope? i can't tell, there is an overcast a mist i can't see through. but my heart is pumping adrenaline firing in my veins, i'm running? i've lost feeling, i'mย stumbling (?) towards that flickering light. too busy trying not to be hit by overhanging branches, rotted stumps, obstructions. [...]
REVIEW: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
i stand on the sacrifices of a million women before me thinking what can i do to make this mountain taller so the women after me can see further ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย -ย legacy Every time I read a [...]
the comic books have it wrong
the comic books have it wrong and so do the movies, multiverses with no thought to the irrevocable fact that Mothers are the strongest Superheroes in the known universe and unknown multiverses. what good are the Avengers when you have a mother ready to always have your back, to slaughter your demons with no thought, [...]
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