amongst the critics and someone in my life who has tried to knock me down more than once. Negative people can’t steal my thunder! Please be aware this poem is not to bash anyone, but to put into perspective how unkind words can really affect someone so I write this knowing I have someone in mind but am not trying to stoop to their level. Just m…read more

Dear Unsealers,

I write this poem today to not fixate on my problems with OCD but to demystify OCD and fight through the silent sufferings that overtake me on countless days like this. I just want to provide an outlet for those who are in the throws of OCD or other mental illness.

Awoke this morning with urgency on my mind,
There never feels…read more

Here’s a poem I wrote to not let shame confine me anymore to its demands I talk openly about it in order to normalize it.

Felt undeserving and unwhole when I grappled with that day.
It spun me around as the vicious cycle begun under way.
The clueless side of the trauma revealed itself, I blamed myself more than you know.
I wrestled with being r…read more

Dear younger self,

Let me be the first person to say, “I see you.” I see you for what you are, I see you for what you overcame, I see you for all the pain you suffered, I see you for your pure state of humanness, I see you for your authenticity, I see you for your openness and vulnerability, I see you for your vivacious spirit, and I see you for…

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