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Wellness

I Want To Remember Myself

What are the conditions that I need to create for myself so I can remember myself? When do I remember myself? Who am I?What is the truth that is known

Earth Mama

Growth

I am growing  My skin is growing Because my insides are growing Because my soul is growing And my body has to make room.  I woke with the weight of

self love

heartening

It is a time for heartening. The time for hardening is no more. Some may not know the difference As they have only ever known Have only ever been taught

Mother

Virus

It started with a cough. Her lungs, exhausted Full of pollutants, Shriveled, Pruned like grapes Forgotten in the sun. Rattling under the surface, A quaking cough in her chest. Infection

women pole dancing

#31: Celebrating Women with Pole Dancing

I spent this morning with a pole hugged between my thighs. This position is both new and familiar to me. Perhaps all women know the simple, sensual joy of wrapping

rosemary plant

#30: Between & Beyond

I am the vine sneaking through open windows. I want to reach the rosemary. My touch is neither kiss nor grasp, but between the two between yes and no and

love

#26: Sick with Words, not Sick of Words

I think I’m tumbling out onto the page, every little piece of me feeling soft. Squishy. Resounding. This is the creep of illness. It begins with the throat, a witch’s

#25 Human-ing: True Tales of Food, Health, Transit and Humanity from Ecuador to the States

One of the things that hits me the most when I come back to the States after living in places like Ecuador, India or Costa Rica is how much I

Hand spiral

#20: Spirals, Satisfaction, and Pleasure

Oh no, I whisper to myself. I’m back here again. Back here in this physical location, back here in this mental landscape, back here in this emotional home. The words

Home

# 18: To the Humans with a Home

Preface: I am writing this in the first person as someone who is experiencing homelessness and I have never lived without a home. I have spent some time with folks