dear soul,
if i had known it would be this hard,
i don’t know if i would’ve come
– human
– butterflies rising
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Tag: Spirituality
desperate…
so achingly
desperate to believe
in myself, in life,
and in anything beautiful that can’t
be crushed by something cruel
– butterflies rising
Read More →at home in this skin…
a persistent yearning
to feel at home in this skin,
to feel my soul
grounded in these bones
– butterflies rising
Read More →the wild, the flowers, and the fire…
that wild in your heart,
those flowers in your chest,
and the fire in your blood
– butterflies rising
Read More →poetry is my scripture, music is my gospel…
poetry is my scripture,
music is my gospel,
empathy and kindness are my witness,
creativity and love are my worship
– butterflies rising
Read More →the turning point…
The Turning Point…
let go your fear
as it falls
beautiful, be still
this untangling of it all
let your bones fill with might
let your lungs fill with free
don’t look back.
– butterflies rising
Read More →you’re not getting this all wrong; being human is really hard…
you’re not getting this all wrong;
being human is really hard, and things hurt
so much because you’re made of stuff that’s so
much better than this place. so it’s ok to barely
even know how to be human sometimes…
just take it from one breath to the next.
you’re just a soft spirit
in a hard world.
– butterflies rising
Read More →show me your wildfires…
your wildfires…
let me see
your chest bleed
and your heart ache
with all that you are
and for everything you love…
show me all your wildfires,
i want to know your wildfires
– butterflies rising
Read More →your awakening…
i hope
you never
let the ones
who are
sleepwalking
hold you back
in your
own awakening
– butterflies rising
Read More →journey companions…
Journey Companions…
please let
everyone on my journey
be kind and good to my heart and soul,
and please let anyone who isn’t
easily pass through.
– butterflies rising
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