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What Healing Could Mean.

To heal is to buy a plane ticket for a land about which we barely know anything but because it felt inspiring, to heal is to say something silly because the heart got carried away, to heal is to kiss a man whom we’ve just met because he said the three key words, and decide to trust the moment ...

troublemakers

I Dare You to Fall For Your Best Friend.

Money does not show up when you find you are overwhelmed with grief. Attractiveness does not comfort you when you are suffering from loss. Power gets you nowhere when you are feeling lonely or ill. A best friend is the person who makes you smile through pain, listens when you need to be heard, ...

troublemakers

Ghosting & Other Signs You’ve Already Left.

You continue to haunt the space of your relationship, but your partner eventually starts to move on without you because you’ve given them no other choice. You materialize from time to time, but the amount of time you spend in that world, and the strength of your presence, is not something that ...

art

When Did We Lose Our Dreams?

You are always ready to dig deeper, to do that art project, to quit your job and go hiking for six months, to move across the country, to apologize to your beau, to call your estranged parent, to kiss your crush, to dance in public, to read your poems, to start that habit, to ask that person to ...

you & me

I Am Bigger Than The Things That Scare Me, But This Feels Different.

I know now what you want. I know now how you want to do this. I, for lack of a prettier way to say this, am not ready to do it. I might be in a month. I might never be. I don’t expect you to convince me, or to wait for me. Even if you did, it wouldn’t be something that you would need to shut ...

poetry

When You Smile. {poetry}

My bloodstream is full of your smile, Like Ichor in god’s veins. It pumps into my heart to bring life to every corner of my body.

art

Kisses Of Torn Truth: The Seduction Of A Creative Storm.

Only the knowing sky understands. Only the glittering rebel diamonds that sparkle through night clouds can truly know what it is to live with this beautiful darkness.

happiness

Love At First Sight: A Misnomer.

I remember the moment I realized that I loved my girlfriend, now wife, like it was yesterday. I didn’t date much in high school and college. Talk to my therapist if you want to know about all of my issues, but I was insecure. I grew up in a home that didn’t express a lot of emotion. The moment ...

you & me

The Best New Year’s Kiss Of My Life‏.

I'm talking about the kiss I gave my own reflection, just minutes after 2016 came dancing in.

wisdom

7 Ways To Maintain The Inner Fire In Your Relationship.

Stand tall -- if the relationship ends, it was not meant to be. Thank them. You two came together for many reasons. Maybe you can walk on with peace and dignity.

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