Things I Wish I Heard in My Darkest Hour
To anyone going through a hard day, I hope these reminders help you too 🩵
You’re Small-Minded
I feel like in a life, people continue to be my greatest teachers. Thank you for continually helping me to value my own worth 🙏
Domestication
This poem is a reflection on my own inner and silent struggles with societal expecations.
I Return This Luggage
I wrote this poem when processing and feeling the feelings regarding being blamed for surviving the crime of sexual violence.
I’m Over This War
I wrote this poem when healing, forgiving, and accepting the truth of a relationship that I tried to make work, but realized I deserved better.
Friend Break-Up
I wrote this poem when feeling the heartache and grief that comes with friend break-ups.
You were better at the game
I wrote this poem on my healing journey when reflecting on the impact of a relationship from my past.
You’re Not Welcome At My Door.
I wrote this poem on my healing journey and learning to set boundaries with people.
The Girl You Knew is Dead
I wrote this poem on my healing journey healing from sexual trauma.
where is my self-worth?
I wrote this poem about what it felt like to struggle with low self-worth.
mirror, mirror
This is a poem I wrote when healing from negative self-talk and forgiving myself for being my own biggest critic.
to the lost sinner
This is a poem I wrote when processing anger about one of the guys who raped me.
that time i met the devil
This is a poem I shared in Reflections episode #4. It’s a story about overcoming fear after trauma.
poems about dissociation & repressed memories
I wrote these poems when processing and healing from dissociation. Throughout my healing journey I found it incredibly confusing and disorienting to process repressed memories.
healing from your abuse
I wrote this poem when healing from the abuse of others and needed an outlet to process the difficult feelings that arise when learning to accept the unacceptable.