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Mary Beth M.
Untitled I NEED to Apply Closureto the insanity running through my brain... it's not even my words it's not even my thoughts.I'm haunted and that hauntingis what needs closure.The Acceptance is...I might always behaunted and I will hear wordsI will…

Erika R.
Amo Quien Soy, Hoy puedo decir que amo quien soy pues fui forjada a través de mis dolores. Cada una de mis heridas solo me hizo más fuerte, más sabia y más resiliente. Hoy de mi pasado solo quedan cicatrices que atestiguan mis heridas. Antes mi…

Esmeralda V.
Percepciones Tengo que admitir que soy un poco inmadura emocionalmenteNo soy nada buena para recibir lo que yo percibo como corrección o criticas.Y digo como lo percibo porque la verdad es que tiendo a tomar todo muy personalmente. Pero después de…

Evelyn C.
Released from the ShadowsStepping out of my shadowsNo longer allowing for your compartmentalizationMany never wanted me to Breathe to be seen, to ever be heard. But..................... RESILIENCE I find daily as my feet…

Gevena (Hope)
If You Ask Me,You can ask me how it feels to lose my children, my freedom, over a decade of life. But I won’t have the right answers, because the words for these things are rocks tossed into the abyss. You can ask me how it feels to count the days,…

Geneva (Voice)
This is Me, This is me Aging ungracefully Ungratefully Learning firsthand the inevitable Contours of terraforming Seismic events shifting gravity’s center Reshaping the failing continents Shadows lengthening in every valley This is me Transmogrifying…

Geneva
This is Me This is meAging ungracefullyUngratefullyLearning firsthand the inevitableContours of terraformingSeismic events shifting gravity's centerReshaping the failing continentsShadows lengthening in every valley This is meTransmogrifyingOne…

Hanna R.
El Reflejo En El Espejo Cuando me miro al espejo lo que veo es una joven alegre de buen corazón, llena de vida con decesos de enderezar sus pasos hacia una mejor vida. Soy valiente porque he tomado la decisión de romper las cadenas de mi adicción y…

Holly
The House I Built, after "Famous" by Naomi Shihab Nye The Car is famous to Road That bends to the right. The Room is famous to The House That I built for my family. The Car is famous to Garage That is Next to The House I Built. The Truck is…

HollyWOOD
Rush, Let me take you on a Journeywith no beginning or endI will tell you about myself,but also of a friend.Myself is someone buried, smothered,and captured deep inside.Who has struggled for a footholdsince the beginning of her time.Forever…

Inelvy
Esperanza Soy una mujer sencilla que tiene el deseo de salir adelanteA pesar de mis caídas, sigo levantándome, sigo soñando en un mejor futuro.La esperanza es lo que me mantiene de pie hasta el día de hoysiempre luchando mientras doy lo mejor de…

Irene V.
Triste Mirada Me considero una mujer fuerte que detrás de su miradaesconde mucha tristezaporque he tenido que cargar con dolor y sufrimientopor mucho tiempo.Aún hoy que soy madre me vienen recuerdos de mi niñez, recuerdos de abuso y de…

Jammie M.
I Am Still Learning I am a mix of different races.I am the spices you smell when you cook.I am a product of a history of stories that need to be told. I am my mother's love and will to never give up.I am the powerful one that kept my family strong…

Jax
An Honourable Harvest Planted in the lives of othersReap what is sown Red dirt, rocky and hard Must be broken down Reconditioned, reshapedPrepped to take on the potential Of something beautifulSweat equityEmbeddedFor loveliness' sakePlanted in the…

Jessica R.

Joanna
Untitled, Looking back in my life, I would have to say thatJoanna has come a long way. Journey - I’m traveling a beautiful journeyOblivion - At times I feel like I’m lost in an oblivionAbnormality - I’m trapped in a box of abnormalityNavigate -…

K'Lonie
Love How You Live I can walk into a roomFull of smoke, or full of Uncertainty, bad air, badEnergy. But. It is up to me toWalk out.It is up to me to balance Out my life.By my growth I'm pushing the toxins out My surgery scar, from the bottom of…

Koi B.
On Days I Find It Difficult To Stand I am a strong savage warrior Queen running by the beat of my own steady drumOn days I find it most difficult to witness the sun’s radiance playinghide and seek between the treesThe tangerine colored skies…

Koi Bagnerise
Love and Resistance, I am asked to stand up straight in a rather crooked room an Alice in Wonderland reference is what you naturally assume yet I encourage you to delve far past your surface imaginationa journey to liberation, self-actualization,…

Kristina C.
Hazel Enigma Look into my eyes. What do you see?Do you see who I really am or who you portray me to be?Can you see past my failure and mistakes?At the woman inside the world tried to break.Can you see my scars or the way I was abused?At the heart…

LaLa
Her-Story, I got a story to tell, I'd rather tell it myselfso ain't no miscommunication,shit is bad for your healthI got a story to tell, you know I tell it sowell,should make my life into a movie,wrote this shit from my cellTake it back to '94, not…

Lena
Untitled,Do you know what it feels like to be caged?Do you know what it’s like to hide from yourself?Do you know what it’s like to be controlled?Do you know what it’s like to have split-personality?Are you considered co-dependent, needy or clingy?Do…

Leti
Untitled, I am made of those who broke me... thank youTrauma and addiction always my infliction... no shameI grew with roots deep within the mud... so many lessons learnedI unfold one petal at a time and blossom in my new foundsunlightBeyond the…

Leti
Time After Time,Year after year It’s you I stay I leave Shrugged shoulder it’s how it’s supposed to be It’s me It’s me that walks away from the you who used to be me It’s we you, me We no longer work and we need a remedy I run and you cling to the we…

Leti M.
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