passage
No longer do I flinch unintentionally when a man tries to touch me. No longer do I spend hours in the shower trying to scrub unsought fingerprints from my body. […]
rapine
blankets wrapped around these exhausted bones bad dreams & cold sweats 1:37 a.m. craves whiskey & burnt cigarettes back porch, cement sitting body shaking like dead vines wrapped around chain […]
Remember
I came here to help you remember. To remember what it is like to give and receive unconditional love. To find the parts of your soul that have been hidden. […]
Dear Little Girl
Country roads take me home. The rock feels cold and gritty beneath my belly. There’s a fire in there somewhere…someday it will start again. The cold, crisp air flutters over […]
Relapse
I have been absent for a while. Absent from writing. Absent from photography. Absent from the outdoors. From compassion. From being still. From myself. The only thing I do not […]
Where Did All the Bones Go?
With my back to the Earth, I look up at the Autumn sky, desperate to keep the tears inside. I hold my breath hoping that the world might stop spinning, […]
soliloquy.
Most of the time, I feel like I take up too much space in this world. I do not know where I fit. The only place I have truly felt […]
Between Mind & Body
The doctor called us. She emphasized concern regarding some of the tests she ran on the blood we share. We chatted for a little bit. For months I have really […]
Nomadic Lust
When I graduated college in 2009, I made myself a promise. “One day I will travel and explore this world that I live in.” Pretty typical – right? In my friend group traveling means you’re rich. Experience rich and soul full filled. But, I place an idealized requirement on my promise. I was going to travel the world… debt free.
Portraiture Flare
“What are men to rocks and mountains?” -Jane Austen Going through my photographs from my recent trip to El Potrero Chico in Mexico, I was looking forward to a series […]
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