Between Bruises & Blooms
A poetry archive for the things that bruise us, the things that bloom anyway, and everything we become in between.
Welcome to the library. Here you’ll find poetry and reflections rooted in motherhood, grief, love, survival, healing, darkness, nature, and the ordinary moments that refuse to stay ordinary.
Latest Writing
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You Started the Fire, Then Tagged Me in the Smoke
He started the online fire; her name only appeared in the smoke after she had already escaped the first blaze.
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They Knew My Username Before They Knew My Story
Strangers learned the username before the fear, violence, and history behind it, turning a whole life into a tag.
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I Became a Tag in Your Circus
Her name becomes a recurring tag beneath someone else’s online chaos, dragged into a circus she never agreed to join.
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I Was Waiting for the Sober Version of You
She was not waiting for him to become someone new; she was waiting for the sober man she had already loved to come back and stay.
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You and Me Versus Everybody
An us-against-the-world love story changes shape when she realizes the person beside her is the one she needs protection from.
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You Told Them It Was Just Sex
He later reduced the relationship to sex, but the songs, promises, and future he once wrote around her tell a much messier truth.
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The Playlist Still Has My Name
Years after the relationship ended, a playlist still carrying her name preserves forty-four minutes of a love that no longer exists.
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We Were Supposed to Watch the Kids Grow Old
A song once promised the ordinary miracle of growing old together; survival rewrites that future so the children can still grow, just without him.
Stay in the Garden
New poems, new rooms, and whatever blooms next—delivered without making you hunt through the archive for it.
