I don’t write great poetry but I write and they make life feel a little less heavy
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You can say "I am struggling to do [x thing] because of my disability" and neurotypicals + able-bodied people will come up with any reason ever why it isn't actually your disability causing you to struggle and is actually a personal moral failing.
Love comes back around
Sitting at the airport at 2am
Thinking about love and relationships and how they encompass so much of our lives
How someone you think you’d never love again becomes a life long partner
How a long time friendship turns into a steamy love story
How some people could never really move on from a love that was lost
How two ex lovers, one day, can’t be in the same room because feelings
How we miss our pets when we travel for a bit
How mum’s sometimes live for their kids
We go about our little lives but there is a big part of us and simply wants to love and be loved
There is no love here
Some places are simply selfish, they take and take and take for as long as it’s possible, some places are confusing, there is no back, there is no front, just a low buzzing level of chaos, some places are factual, they lack passion, authenticity, vibes, but the places that hurt are places where you realize that there is no love, knowing there is no love here, gives a different level of pain, it’s like a waking up but instead of coming to reality you are actually waking up on the opposite side, it’s cold and empty and a fucking nightmare
Space
Spaccccceeeeeeee
Spa ccccc eeeeeeee
It allows you breathe, to take a moment off that intense focus and then come back with fresh eyes to look at it again and maybe to see something different, something new, and maybe find a solution to that problem.
So take space, take up spaccceeeee
In the quiet,
in the spaces that are far apart,
in the days before we meet again.
I feel a sense of simple acceptance and then you drift in again, i get excited and disappointed,
which is why I yearn to be in the quiet
Moving on
Moving on from something is an entire process, moving on from a person is a different ball game, however watching someone move on from you brings with it a unique different type of sadness, which can be hard to articulate at first but then you sit with it for a bit and you come to the realization of why this sadness feels different, it’s cause you are being de-centered but then you think when did being in the center of another person’s life matter to you so immensely and then you realize it’s simply love.
I don’t think you can fully stop loving someone you truly loved, they will always be a small part of you that you carry forever.
That’s it, that’s the post.
These days
When I feel overwhelmed or just not great
I want to be wrapped in your arms and hear you say breathe (insert name)
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What does it feel like?
Anxiety feels like a weight on my chest
The weight is dependent on the day
Sometimes it’s heavy and sometimes it’s light
Anxiety feels like my lungs can’t suck in enough air
It’s feels like they can’t hold the air in for long
Short breaths
Anxiety feels like an uneasiness
Relentless undercurrent of unsettled energy
Constantly in alert mode
Constantly analyzing, thinking, ruminating
Anxiety feels unsafe
In those moments I just want to feel safe
On my own or helped by someone who cares and adores me
Distance
Initially or maybe still, I like space, for me to do me and for others to do them.
But space isn’t disconnect, is it? Maybe it’s the distance?
No it’s not that, it’s the lines drawn, that’s the distance
I feel distant from you lately, when I think of you sometimes, there is a little “O” in my head
Like you are still somehow, kinda in my life, but with a question mark
Maybe it’s just takes sometime, maybe we can close the distance and get back
Or maybe this is it
Dualities exist
You can both be in love and know you can’t be together.
You can both want to have the same thing but life keeps pulling you apart
You can both not breathe properly without the other person but have to go on living
Dualities don’t just disappear then bore deep into your heart and your only job is to try with all your might to hold both thoughts and hope there is some peace as you move forward
I am a sensitive soul and sometimes it understands on some level the struggle of others unspoken and there is an itch to help drag them out of the hole they can’t seem to come out from
But It also knows you can’t really drag another person out of their hole, only hope they get the strength to drag themselves out and letting them know, you are standing right at the exit holding out your hand
romantic lover
Do you ever ask the question why you?
Or maybe even “why not you?”
I think it’s futile to question a situation like that
Because it’s just what it is
It’s either you or it’s not
The real question is how to make peace with that tea
From the beginning
It never was
I was never the one
I ain’t even in the running
Sometimes we fall into the in between
A neither here or there situation
It might seem familiar but there are no guidelines
It’s like groping in the dark for a version of something that might or might not exist
Hearts breaking, thoughts spiraling
How do you navigate a path that has never been crossed
To The Person Who Walked Past The Window - Jordan Bolton
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Hi there
I hope it hurts a little less today.
Very few things hurt like a longing for something that doesn’t exist
My Cat
I dreamt I had a black cat
She, oh yes a female
She was brilliant
With black beady eyes and a
Careful countenance
She was my black cat
How to love her.
She is soft
Careful with her
She is strong and quiet
But loves a good laugh
Remember she is soft
Be gentle, patience
that’s her language
Careful intentionality
Is what is required
Be kind, generous and soft
She will reveal herself
Slowly like a puzzle
Patience again and again
She is all you’ll ever need
This is my kitty cat Luna, as you can see she loves sleeping and is actually asleep on my lap as I type this.
I hate to do this but I need some help, due to her health issues Luna needs medication multiple times a day, which altogether costs around £200 a month. Which I cannot afford with my paycheck and I have tried. Without her daily medication her health will go downhill and she will have to be euthanised.
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affirm daily: i love me. i love myself. i love who i am. i love who i was. i love who i am becoming. i honor myself. i respect myself. i value myself. i am my own greatest gift. i am grateful for this life and all i experience. i love me.
I genuinely think pictures are weird
However they are a deliberate way to keep memory, to remember and being intentional about remembering because forgetting is very easy
A friend once said “the ground is shifting under her”
At first I didn’t quite get it but now I think I do.
The ground shifting is when your sense of safety, be it a job, a house or a relationship is unraveling and definite change is inevitable.
And in those moments, where everything seems so unsteady and uncertain, where do we find comfort?
Some say you should embrace the discomfort and I think there is some truth in that, I think it’s also weird so what else? Radical acceptance maybe? Or finding snippets of joy in what you can and hold on for dear life.
I am still figuring it out as my own ground is also shifting
Do not quit!
What does that mean?
Why stay in a place, in something that brings you no joy, that brings mostly negative emotions without trying to find something new.
I choose to be brave, to take a leap and be hopeful that
It will all work out, that everything will be okay.
That I will be fine.
Some scary things are worth doing. Going outside, talking to people, public speaking, trying out something new, getting a job even tho you're unsure how it will go. You're a scared little plant but you can blossom into a beautiful, self assured tulip if you try being brave.
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