“if the ocean can calm itself so can you. we are both salt water mixed with air.”Tagged: We Are Nature, Nature Is Us, The Natural Flow, Ebb and Flow, meditation
“my english is broken. on purpose. you have to try harder to understand me. breaking this language you so love is my pleasure. in your arrogance you presume that i want your skinny language. that my mouth is building a room for it in the back of my throat. it is not. --i have seven different words…”Tagged: Language, POC Poetry, Women of Color Writers, Linguistic Complexity, Your Skinny Language
“'no' might make them angry, but it will make you free. - if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger”Tagged: boundaries, Saying No, Stop People-Pleasing, POC Poetry, Freedom
“i am relieved. when i see the feminine presence in a man's eyes. it means he is a peace i do not have to bring to him.”Tagged: Poetry, POC Poetry, toxic masculinity, gender roles, Empathy
“remember. you were a writer before you ever put word to paper. just because you were not writing externally. does not mean you were not writing internally.”Tagged: Poetry, POC Poetry, Writers, advice for writers, Creativity