It’s been so long since I’ve written. This past 13 months have been some of the most challenging and frustrating of my life so far. It’s hard to know where to start, but I know that I need to. Writing has always been my choice of rejuvenation and growth and a way to hold myself … More Be brave, have courage
The silence speaks a thousand words, if only you would listen And hear the break of a beating heart, while teardrops fall and glisten My silence shouts a million things I’m not brave enough to say A billion tears could fall like rain, they wouldn’t find their way The words stay frozen in my mouth and … More Phoenix
Bleak and bitter Winter fades and melts and drips away. Spring warms the earth with a gentle caress and it comes alive. Flowers reach from the dirt with graceful stems searching for the sunshine, leaves gently unfurl into glossy green and new life abounds. Some endings may hurt your heart, may keep you stuck in … More Endings can be beginnings
If it doesn’t help me grow, it’s time for it to go. Thankfully it’s never too late to love yourself enough to be better, to be kinder, to be the best you. To love all the pieces of who you are. The broken pieces, the messy pieces, the beautiful uniqueness of you. Self love isn’t … More Loving Me, Myself and I
Depression is the weird relative no one wants to talk about. It’s the unwelcome pimple that pops up the day of your first date. It’s a hole without depth, though it can feel deeper than the deepest canyon or as shallow as a puddle. It’s the thing that gets stuck in your tooth that no … More Real
If the words I share can pull you through If that is all that I can do Then I will give them all to you I’ll place them gently in your hand I’ll pick you up and help you stand A gentle space for you to land If my secrets help you rise And clear … More My words imparted
Why do I feel like I have to lose my shit to become visible? To be heard? “You’re so strong, Stacy. I don’t know how you do it.” “You’re the strongest person I know, Stacy.” “You’re the strongest woman I know.” “I wish I was as strong as you are.” I can’t begin to tell … More It’s not ok, I’m not ok…but that’s ok because I will be
It’s not so complex, nor is it so simple The toss of the stone, the reach of the ripple The words that are spoken but never uttered The broken heart, the compliment muttered The thought on the lips that is never quite said The look on the face, a book just misread But the stone … More Ripple
Sometimes the air feels like fire my lungs can’t breathe in the burn Sometimes it feels like making mistakes is the only way that I’ll learn Sometimes my heart aches with a beauty my eyes reveal to my soul Sometimes it shatters with ugly a gaping, empty hole Sometimes I cry when I wish I … More Sometimes
I saw the light inside you glimmer like the sun The life inside you sparkled like you were the only one I watched you hear the words they spewed and saw the light grow dimmer I watched the tears drown out your flame, the boil now a simmer I saw you break apart, you crumbled … More Glimmer
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