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There is a particular kind of heartbreak that doesn’t come from loss, but from expectation. You place your hope carefully into someone and trust that it will hold. It’s the quiet feeling of failure that you gave something real, something whole, and it still wasn’t enough to make it work. You think about everything you…
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After midnight, the house grows honest. The candles burn lower, the walls listen closer and the heart forgets what it is meant to deny. You toss and turn, and the moments that haunt you pay you a visit because the door was left unlocked. After Midnight… 2. You imagine the person you were never allowed…
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Never have I ever is a game you play with friends, where secrets slip out between laughter and raised glasses. You admit to things you might otherwise keep buried, comforted by the possibility that someone else has done the same. In all honesty, we all carry things we’d rather not revisit. By sharing and seeing…
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There are things we live beside so often we stop noticing them until they leave. Just slowly enough that one day you reach for them… and they’re no longer there. A great night’s sleepThe kind that wraps around you and lets your mind rest without asking why. Where is the rest without thinking about every…
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There is a certain kind of beauty that only exists in the undone…the spilled, the tangled, the almost forgotten. Not everything soft is clean. Some things are meant to be lived in—not perfected. Some of the most beautiful moments are the messiest ones. Here is a poetic list for anyone learning to love the chaos…
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There is a quiet kind of rebellion in choosing what you want to do in a world that only speaks in need to, must do, have to. Our days fill up so quickly like teacups left under a running tap, overflowing with obligations until we forget there was ever space for softness. But there are…
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I will always overthink every corner of my existence on this planet. It isn’t something I can turn off. It is a constant companion like the north star guiding my poetry, writing, and relationships. The universe holds all the answers to myriads of questions, yet refuses to share them. So we’re left here, circling…
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My anxiety remains a shadow following me, always there even when there isn’t any light. I think we all experience it more than we would care to admit. Dealing with anxiety is a never-ending battle, so I am offering you some methods that work for me. This is not a replacement for your medication or…
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Anything can feel like poetry if you let it. Take it all in and see the beauty in the simplest moments of your life. Let it wash over you and inspire you to appreciate everything in what seems to be nothing. 1. A lit candle’s smoke swirling in the moonlight 2. Fog pouring off the…
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You are not the ever-expanding universe. You deserve to have boundaries, but they don’t have to be perfect. When you are finally ready to put these in place after years of letting every comet and star collide with you, it is time for a peaceful evening. a small, defiant star softly glowing, still guiding. Just…
Black Ink and Parchment 