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The light is within you

A seed is planted in the ground with purpose, igniting a fire, taking up space A…
– Melanie Greene

Topanga

Their little toes massaged with coco butter Its past bedtime, but I know it&#821…
– Mel Taul

Lotus Flower

Sprouting from an inner spring of perennial joy and goodness, my benevolent hear…
– Antonio De’mon Robinson

When You Are Ready

There is no resolution without first a solution An awakening, a calling from whe…
– Zi Savage (Ngozi Okachi)

Color

In the halls of the classroom a professor addressed the gathering “Color i…
– TheNeuroPoetBecca

The power of you and me / resistance & resilience

Some believe our journey began in 1619 but I know in my heart that we have alway…
– Kourtney

My Love

I love you in the future, present, and past You were my first love and you will …
– Shaylaray

Dear Me

Dear Me, I started this by looking up what love is. As we know it’s a quirk of…
– Kayla Dior

To The One I Come Home To

To the one I come home to Each and every time When it seems like no one else is …
– Angela Tricomi

Trust me, let go!

Dear Jay, It may have felt like a long and ardent road but, after years of subsi…
– Jay Libiet

I love you

The weather’s doing that thing where it changes again, leaving that comfy spac…
– Jaz Linh Nguyen

Healing for a Lifetime

Dear Future Self, First off, I am in love with you and the life you have created…
– Hannah Brown

Mother of Mine

When a mother births a child, that love will never die. Mother of mine, you gave…
– Heather Mullins

In Honor and Memory of My Heavenly Friend

Dear Heavenly Friend, I want to tell you how you inspired me in life. I know we …
– James Burrows

Aunt M and Little Grandpa

Aunt M and Little Grandpa, In the space of a week: August 2021 we lost you both….
– Joanie-Kelly

One Ripple; One Tsunami

I remember watching your dark shadows of all different shapes and people, day an…
– Alexis Bugher

Two find my twin flame

Every night before I call it a finished day I look to the sky and tell me self i…
– Roy Collins

My Pride

my pride is not mine alone it belongs to those who came before the warriors the …
– James (Jim) Kellogg

To Be Alive

I used to talk a lot. I’d do anything to keep the conversation going, to not b…
– Natalya Monyok

(I) Respect Me

(I) Respect Me R- E- S- P- E- C- T Who deserves it? Why me? I’ll be the first …
– Aiša M

Frameless

I am a picture with no frame, no writing on the back, year unknown I am not the …
– Milan

I’m Broken But Who Isn’t

I’m broken but who isn’t I’m broken but who isn’t we&#82…
– shiana larocca

Skip Rocks Not Steps

One of my earliest memories takes me back to when I was around six years old and…
– Sara Zamiska

The Fight for My Legacy

To whom it may concern, might you share in my journey of perseverance…! At 30 …
– Porsha George

Contest Entry Top 10: How seeing the world helped me see myself

To anyone who may need a little bit of hope today: Hey there. I’m Jerrica and …
– Jerrica

Contest Entry Top 10: What almost losing my mom taught me

To the world, I’m lucky enough to have been able to rely on my parents immense…
– Jaden Gerard

Contest Entry Top 10: Dear Pearl, it was so hard to let you go

Dear Pearl, I can’t express how inexorably saddened I am by having to let you …
– Joanie-Kelly

CHECK OUT OUR CONTEST FINALISTS FOR WRITE A POEM TO NEW 2022 YOU

We posted our finalists for our writing contest, which was a poem to the new 202…
– lauren@theunsealed.com

DOPELESS HOPEFIEND

Reflecting on past situations. Pinpointing the moment my emotional growth was st…
– Leigh Hernandez

WINNER: Rise

Rise. As I sit in my room and wail, ‘why me?’ Leaning out of my window, I cu…
– Joanie-Kelly

Nouns – Unforeseen Strangers

To the nouns, unforeseen strangers of my life – people, places and things …
– Melanie Hudson

You Told Me to Smile

Write a Letter to a Stranger Who Left a Positive Impact on Your Life Dear Strang…
– Serene Beltran

A Letter to the Trolley Man

Dear Mister Trolley Man, You are my ice cube. I write to you from a state away. …
– piper

iNspiring

What’s INspiring about me? Before I answer, I want to be clear that this answe…
– Jake

Representation: From Generation to Generation

Representation; it’s a word I only truly learned about in the last 5 or so…
– Amanda Beaton

Different Shades of Black

Being a Black Man and an Actor and Filmmaker, people sometimes tell me I should …
– Prelude2Cinema

Silent Pleas

Behind the mask, no face to find, A trick of mind, ‘neath sun that’s…
– Sarel Hines

Healing side of Mental Health

Dear mental health I have struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my l…
– Rachel Milligan

Healing

Healing can feel 2 paths The one with all the rocks And the one with the steps t…
– Rachel Milligan

Cosmic Time

Cosmic time has no clock but only transmutation of negative experiences and ener…
– Heather Mullins

Love isn’t Time-less

Dear Father Time, Can I call you that? I know it’s an image of yourself that y…
– Autumn Moore

Time too short

As I anxiously scrambled into the studio, I hurried to the back. I dropped my be…
– Duality

Dear Romeo

Dear Romeo, Since you’ve been gone, all I can think about is what you taug…
– Katrina Broughman

Dear Dad

Dad, It’s been six years. Six years of living with a pain I knew was inevitabl…
– Naja

The Chemistry of Death

Please consider this late submission. Thank you. Loss caused by death is unmeasu…
– Leala Chapa

Despite My Diagnosis I Am In Control of My Destiny

Greetings, Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the left breast was my diagnosis in Augu…
– Danyelle Walker

The Power of a Learning Soul

Hurt and broken I could not see. No more taking only giving. I’m now the k…
– Jonathan Odle

Journey to my soul

There were times in my life, When I really felt like my existence was unimportan…
– ERA

Odysseus of Ithaca

“No. No!” “No. No, wait!” I jolt awake. It was just anot…
– Shay Vogler

The Door

Dearest Readers…This is a fictional story. Any and all characters in this …
– Shay Vogler

You’re Inviiited!!

The devil showed up today. Begging for me to slip. Begging for an invite to myyy…
– Shandi Henley

Air

Thinking about my goals for the new year makes me crouch in my seat when I shoul…
– Jake

Nothing

was my resolution for this year, at least the most public-facing awkward dishear…
– Alexis King

the simply simples.

Another 1st of the year Another round of “”resolution-ists’ bu…
– Seasons Change

Peace

In a green meadow, Enclosed by a forest, This is where my worries cease. I&#8217…
– Diana Bogart

In The Presence of My Creator

What I’ve come to realize is that we all long for a type of peace that surpass…
– whitney ballard

The Knowing

In the beginning things are always fairly out of sorts… However, if nothing el…
– Brad Douglas

Lifeboat

Hold on to your dreams A lifeboat for the rough seas Will bring you ashore
– Kim Sloan

Dear Little Me

I know you’re thinking about who you will become & what you will do. Littl…
– Liz Medina

Dear little me…

Dear little me, I am stopping by to say: “You no longer have to carry the heav…
– Porsha George

Addict in the Mirror

I never did realize I was an addict But the past became unbearable I couldn’t …
– Jane

This old house

It’s 3:33 am & this old house is way to quiet. I should be in bed, but I j…
– Sara Brooke Crawford

Havoc

Hello, I’m new to TheUnsealed. This is a poem from a dark time in my life….
– Torrie Hrdlicka

Love Yourself

Dearest Little One, You were always full of wonder, asking questions with depth …
– Dana Nanni

Grow with me

I was eating lunch in the cafeteria, it was 10th grade. My friend was sitting ac…
– Sherry Noble

To My Twenty-Five Year Old Self and To Me Now

Dear Sara, I am now forty-two years old, and I’ve traveled. I went to the …
– Sara Kumar

Plant Food

Men deserve flowers too. Ones that sparkle like the Ocean’s blue. From the…
– Gie Santana

Truth Serum

It’s no secret! Everywhere we turn, everywhere we look; we are being lied to. …
– Antonio De’mon Robinson

Go out with a BANG

I want to see change, wonder if things remain the same will it come like a thief…
– Jasmine Johnson

Lonely and free

Dear Ideal Rachel, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing this to you i…
– Rachel Moore

Ideally Me

For most of my life I have smothered myself beneath the ideals of others. These …
– Lauran Hirschi

Ambitious younger self,

Ambitious younger Morgan, I’m writing you this letter To warn you of the futur…
– Morgan W

Even if it takes my whole life, I will love myself in the end.

It was 2010 and Shakira was singing “La Torutura” at the Grammys or the VMA…
– Cinthya Pizarro

Oh you pretty little thing

Used and abused, but I still love you. Tattered and torn, but still going strong…
– Danielle

To my Cuerpo

When we were young mommy taught us to care for our bodies internally, clean our …
– Michelle Medina

Forever 22

I knew you so well. And I know as soon as you did it, regret flooded over you li…
– Kaylee Field

Aunt roc

Hey there pretty lady that I love so much you mean so much to me I just want to …
– Amanda Henderson

My Mitsu

Heaven has gain another angel…. A few months ago, Mitsu was diagnosed with…
– Jacqueline Sonia

DIALOGUE WITH MYSELF TOWARDS 2023…

There is time you spent looking somewhere in the course of the day or days or we…
– Ray Whitaker

The Peace in Your Sky

Dearest, Last year I clutched close to every piece of home, Sorting through the …
– Heidi Dunshea

Little Letters To Soul

Soul, I have always found solace in writing to you. I remember I want, I can, I …
– msoul18

Congratulations to those moving on to round two of our writing contest

Hey All! The challenge for this contest was to write a letter to your younger se…
– Lauren

To the girl in her twenties

To the mommy’s girl in her twenties, I’ve been writing now for about two…
– Beena Knope

Dear Little Sunshine: I Know it is Dark Out There

Dear Little Sunshine, The world might not make much sense to you right now and I…
– Alicia Sophia Marie

Simple Days

Lifting weights first thing I just love the feeling it brings. I learned a new s…
– Karissa Howden

“Weeping may endure for a night But joy cometh in the morning.”

25 December 2023 Christmas Day “Weeping may endure for a night But joy cometh …
– Janet Banks

Unexpected Love

Started the year manifesting love and success I had my share of failed relations…
– Tracy Barnes

CONTEST ENTRY: To a decade of strength

Dear 15 year old me, Man are you in for a ride. And I don’t mean one of those …
– Kayla Düngee

CONTEST ENTRY: You’re alright

Dear Younger Self, First off let me start by saying: I am sooooooooo so sorry! A…
– Anelisa Nzungu

CONTEST ENTRY: Embracing Who I Am

Dear Future Butterflies, The ones that are having a hard time fitting in with th…
– Gerald Washington

Dear Younger self

I love the way you never give up. I love the way no matter how ruthless, mean, h…
– Erin Kittelstad

Collecting Pennies: It’s The little things that matter

Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love your true colors, ‘cause you have alwa…
– Annie Barksdale

Brilliantly Resilient

Dear younger me, I love and appreciate you so much. You are beautiful, empatheti…
– Shaylaray

‘Day Away

What’s in the way— first thought of the day? First thought of the day: If I …
– Aiša M

P. R.A.Y

I’ve been going through some things… I had a dream, it was something like Dr…
– Jovon Reed

My Perfection

As close to perfection A day can get It has to be filled with Joy, laughter and …
– Tracy Barnes

New Here

Hello everyone…I’m new here, but not new to writing. I’ve been having a ha…
– Titus Armon

Little old me

Hellos to all my name is Sara, I have loved writing since I was a child, I reall…
– Sara Brooke Crawford

The Last Word

The Last Word Suffering hallucinations is quite real. My reputation has suffered…
– Erin Vreeland

Forever and Ever

What has humanity come to? Some individuals do not have a shred of decency. Unti…
– Tracie Sperling

Struggle

Getting up Facing a new day Is a struggle What will I have To look forward to Pa…
– Joye Lange

Thank You, Janice Burgess, For The Backyardigans

Dear Ms. Burgess, I hope this letter makes its way to you in heaven. It saddens …
– Gerald Washington

Grateful

It’s easy — isn’t it To look back on our life & remember all the worst…
– Beyond Me

Gratitude for Life and Dependency

Gratitude for Life and Dependency. Just as the waters of the ocean produce the r…
– Karen Sabillon

Sunbursts

a little toddler dabbles her toes in the Oregon coast waters, giggling and runni…
– Christina Mitma Momono

The Best Chapter of My Life

Dear Self, What a book this life has been! So many chapters. The early chapters …
– Melanie Brening

The Twenty-Second Chapter Of My Life

Hello world, I know you are probably wondering how’s life, what’s going on, …
– Vision

Cheers to Your Phoenix

This chapter was made for the moon roof sets sometimes those sun roof breaths. T…
– Seasons Change

I wrote this for my mentor, and as it is my writing, I’ve decided to share.

Dear Clare, I hope this email finds you well. Apologies for the late corresponde…
– Darnel LaFrance

Dear Dad

I only hope you’ve had your moment of clarity now before it smears on the rear…
– Sherry Noble

My sunshine in the rain

I remember someone once asked me “if there’s any place you can be, w…
– Jessica Ortega

‘THE SEAGULLS OF LIGHT”

Dear Unsealed I wake up each day In the everyday way I read my email as I do Eac…
– Vicki Lawana Trusselli

Surreal Parallels: My Blindness. His Prison Sentence

I recently had the privilege of speaking with Jon Antonucci on my podcast, &#822…
– Kevin Lowe

The Knight

The knight elevates the princess tightening his grasp midair while they are lost…
– Lexi Mae Edwards

Our brains hold the key to set us free

The human brain is unique in that it has the ability to process and appreciate w…
– S.K

As I wait

I felt a lump today, I felt it yesterday, and it’s been a week now since I fou…
– Phylicia Cathey

Put Down The Gloves

Why are you??? Would you rather??? Do you??? You choose… We have to talk later…
– Nysha Camilo

The OPPORTUNITY Of A LIFETIME

I want to say I remember the exact date. I do not; however, that does not take t…
– Jake

Cozy

I was born & raised in the hottest city on earth, MIAMI! Yet, it’s 95 degr…
– Stacee Wright

I’ll leave my comfort zone tomorrow…

I’ll leave my comfort zone tomorrow… or maybe the next day, or the d…
– Nicholette Fortune

CHECK OUT OUR FINALISTS FOR OUR CONTEST: Write a letter to someone who inspired you

Hey All! Please check out below our writing contest submissions for Write A lett…

Unique Inspiration

Looking at myself in the mirror and wondering who is my truest inspiration? I be…
– Heather Mullins

A letter to the person that has inspired me the most

       You have no idea what you have done. I cannot begin to describe t…
– Jonathan Odle

Desperately Healed

Dear Baby Me, I had the opportunity to sneak away from my 43 year old life long …
– Shakesha Dye

What it was to imagine

Once in a while if you stop and look around and imagine… What if I would h…
– Roy Collins

Merit in Mediocrity

Yes, you can’t and that’s totally ok! “Average is awesome” is a philosop…
– S.K

“i think you guys might be thinking about yourselves too much.” – jemima kirke

Dear Unsealers, Driving home from a day trip a week or so ago, my feet kicked up…
– Katie Sharbaugh

Finding my Power

Dear Unsealers, I don’t ever want to be empowered. Please don’t. If you give…
– Chris Riddle

“LIFE GOES ON, LIFE HAPPENSIN OUR LIVES AS WOMEN”

Dear Unsealed, I think about the times in life that I struggled to get through l…
– Vicki Lawana Trusselli

Live Your Dreams and Never Give Up!

Dear readers, Living your dreams is something we are told to do as children but,…
– Shay Vogler

Dear Mommy & Papa, Thank You for Giving Me the Gift of Dreaming Big

It couldn’t have been easy to have a daughter that dreams as big as I do. …
– Taz Alam

Big Ol Lil Me

My bright light blinds most, no sunglasses will help That is a fact that makes m…
– Nysha Camilo

For the Love of a Child: A Story of Flowers and Falls

Dear Poppyflower, If you were born under different stars, I would have never tho…
– Jack L. Rosa

Sharing with you, what you taught me

To the beautiful ray of light that beamed through the windows of my hollow heart…
– Paola Bayron

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