survival

  • Softness was mistaken for weakness until roots learned how to break stone.

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  • I Am Still Here

    There were chapters she did not think she would survive, but the story kept turning because she did.

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  • A love accepted in a smaller shape just to keep one particular person close leaves worth and regret deliberately unresolved.

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  • He Kept the Songs

    Some songs don’t stop belonging to you just because someone changes the dedication. This poem isn’t about ownership—it’s about memory, and how love can echo long after the music changes.

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  • 4:20 A.M.

    At 4:20 a.m., an old smoke ritual lingers as memory while the sleeping house and a tired mother move toward morning.

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  • Sick or not, motherhood still wakes with bottles, dishes, dogs, medicine, and the quiet strength of doing the next thing.

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  • A summer trip in Vancouver turns frightening when an almost-two-year-old’s warmth becomes the first sign that something is terribly wrong.

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  • Three Weeks Alone

    Three weeks, three apologies, three promises—and the growing realization that sorry means less every time nothing changes.

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  • The Men I Chose

    After men who confused control, desire, and love, one familiar person stands apart in the softness of ordinary things he chooses to share.

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  • At seventeen, safety arrived through a voice across the distance, leaving behind the ache of wondering what might have happened at another time.

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