Published in Put It To Rest·PinnedMember-onlyWhat You’re Meant To Holda poem on letting go… — When you make it to the top when you don’t drop what you finally didn’t pick up only to drop… Do you eventually learn how to not pick it up only to drop it? If you have led a life of picking up and dropping or starting and then stopping (like always thinking and…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Sensual: An Erotic Life·PinnedMember-onlyConsent Is Active, and Not PassiveBecause consent is ongoing and is about how to say yes — Consent is explicit and involves continuous communication. This major part of the definition clears up potential misunderstandings. That’s because no one should be asked if they said no. No one should have to say no because they should have to say yes. If there is no “yes,” then there is…Consent4 min readConsent4 min read
Published in Sensual: An Erotic Life·PinnedMember-onlyA Unicorn At Last…an erotic poem — If I were a unicorn I’d have you wrap me up and wind me down to wind me up and unwrap me layer by layer If I were a unicorn I’d turn that frown upside down for a night out on the town or a last-minute escape to the Florida keys just…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Put It To Rest·PinnedLove, Loss, and Growing Pains: Words That We Have Put To Resthighlights of the holiday season and new year — At Put It To Rest we believe in the healing power of putting your story to rest. Writing as a means of self-discovery, self-expression, and self-care is nothing new. …Mental Health5 min readMental Health5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyHoods Of Motherhood: A Collection Of Poems About Women Being Who They're Meant To BeBy Nurturing Themselves Like They Nurture Others — I would also like to share the good news that some of the poems in the collection were first published on Medium in publications such as Put It To Rest, Sensual: An Erotic Life, iPoetry, and Marlene in a Pub. When I lost my grandmothers in a short amount of…This Happened To Me4 min readThis Happened To Me4 min read
Published in Scribe·6 days agoMember-onlyDrift Into the ClearingA poem — when your head aches and you almost have a headache and nothing makes sense the way eggs break so gently and messily like a perfect spill while peering out the windowsill there’s beauty in what you can’t speak what brings you to your knees as though in a winter white out where life…This Happened To Me1 min readThis Happened To Me1 min read
Published in Put It To Rest·Updated 6 days agoMember-onlyOne Morea poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by Jayson Hinrichsen on UnsplashOne Morea poem----
Published in Put It To Rest·Updated Jan 22Member-onlyThe Silver Linea poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by authorThe Silver Linea poem----1
Published in Put It To Rest·Updated Jan 21Member-onlyTherapy Should Work For Youmy journey from bad therapy to the right therapy — Therapy sounds like a good idea but for it to work — it needs to work for you and fit into your life. The one thing the pandemic gave us was more accessibility to therapy since appointments often occur online rather than face-to-face. (However, many face roadblocks due to financial…Mental Health5 min readMental Health5 min read
Published in iPoetry·Jan 18Member-onlyLike A Fault Linethat runs so deep — It cut you — right to the very heart of you in the place that leaves a trace even when you tried so hard to erase what you could not understand but when the senses couldn’t make sense it left a gaping wound in the room of your betrayed heart …Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read