my friends & i have always felt sad about how, as girls…

my friends & i have always felt sad about how, as girls, it's not safe for us to take late-night walks

my friends & i have always felt sad about how, as girls,
it’s not safe for us to take late-night walks…
when all we wanna do is go look at the moon.

but a few nights ago, a woman left the earth, on her way to be
the first woman to go to the moon, in a rocket named after a goddess…
and the moon was pink that night…

and it felt like being told to keep reaching for a better world…
one where we’re so free to take walks under the moon
that we feel like we could touch it.

– butterflies rising

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some ways i’m made of magic…

i'm passionate & creative... i'm a dancer & a writer, and i spill out all my feelings into both of those things

some ways i’m made of magic…

i’m passionate & creative… i’m a dancer &
a writer, and i spill out all my feelings into
both of those things.

i’m adventurous & spontaneous…
maybe sometimes a little bit reckless…
but i can also be really brave, and i also
dream really big.

i love being a good friend… i’m supportive
& loyal & can hold space for any version of
them. and i’m silly & fun & i’m up for
anything. and i love my friends sooo much
and so deeply… like soulmates.

…and i think all of those things make
me kind of magical

– butterflies rising

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the way we’ve just been conditioned our whole lives as girls & women…

the way we've just been conditioned our whole lives as girls & women

the way we’ve just been conditioned our whole lives as girls & women to just accept SA as an almost inevitable thing we’ll experience… it’s overwhelming to even see any consequences… like it feels foreign to even consider a world where SA is just terrible and rare… but imagine, what if we could have that world

– butterflies rising

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if there is anything i want to be… i want to be the most passionate version of myself…

in february… i want to be the most passionate version of myself… to feel and feel

if there is anything i want to be…
i want to be the most passionate version
of myself… to feel and feel… and follow what i feel,
and inhale love and be love, and exhale any fear…
and this version of me won’t apologize
for having a heart on fire

– butterflies rising

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i don’t know if our nervous systems are made for social media…

i don't know if our nervous systems are made for social media... to have so much noise over our own inner voice

i don’t know if our nervous systems are
made for social media… to have so much noise
over our own inner voice trying to influence
who and how we should be…

but i’m learning to say things like…
“who and how i want to be can’t be shaken
by what’s outside of me. i need to like me…
and that’s what i’m going to
let matter to me.”

– butterflies rising

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i miss what it feels like to believe in sunrises…

i miss what it feels like to believe in sunrises. to wake up feeling like... today will be good

i miss what it
feels like to believe in sunrises.
to wake up feeling like… today will be good,
beautiful things will happen,
and nothing will hurt.
but the world just keeps breaking
my heart again and again
and again.

– butterflies rising

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whenever i see someone talking about how small & controllable women need to be…

whenever i see someone talking about how small & controllable women need to be if they want to be loved

whenever i see someone talking about how small & controllable women need to be if they want to be loved, it just makes me want to write more poetry about how bright we get to be and be loved.

– butterflies rising

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current mood… leaning into the feminine energy in my life…

current mood… leaning into the feminine energy in my life, within myself, in my soul, in my connections

current mood…
leaning into the feminine energy in my life,
within myself, in my soul, in my connections
with women & girls… my friendships.
and in nature… the way it’s in the flowers,
but also in the moon,
just anywhere i can feel it…
it’s where things are beautiful and soft,
but it’s where i’m protected, too.

– butterflies rising

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what if you are on the verge of the most beautiful era..

what if you are on the verge of the most beautiful year

what if you are on the
verge of the most beautiful year…

dare the universe to show you how
beautiful it can get…
let things unfold, and let them be easy.
let there be dreams, and let them be real.
let it all grow. then let yourself trust it
and hold it… know that it’s yours,
and let it all stay.

– butterflies rising

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