Category: Journey of Self

Wildness

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Run unabashed though the tall grass

The wind tossing your wild hair in all directions

And brambles tearing at your hems

Laugh from deep in your belly

With your mouth wide open

And your head thrown back

Let starlight be the catchlights of your eyes

While the moon kisses your skin with dew

And soft, turned soil the carpet under your feet

Rage like a bolt of lightening from a black sky

And let your fury be quenched in the soft, summer rain of your tears

Love so deeply and completely that fingerprints are left on your soul

Dance to the drumbeat of your heart

Sing the song you have been carrying within you your whole life

And don’t give a single damn who hears you

Write your story with its angsty-teen-superhero, rom-com, horror film moments,

Coming of ages and chapter endings

Paint your canvas in all the vivid colors of your joy

And all of the pastels of your sorrows

Close your eyes and hum your gratitude for being who you are

And exactly who you are supposed to be

-gws

@wordswishesandwisdom

Wildness – Be unapologetically who you are.#poetry #poetrytok #wordswishesandwisdom #writer #poet

♬ original sound – GWS

I Statements

An “I-statement” focuses on your own feelings and experiences. It does not focus on your perspective of what the other person has done or failed to do.

Office of the Boston University Ombuds

I am human

  • a woman
  • a daughter
  • a wife
  • a mother
  • a lover
  • a caregiver
  • a nurturer
  • a provider

I am exhausted

  • hurt
  • angry
  • uncomfortable
  • scared
  • doing my best

I have a right to say no

  • to dislike something
  • to ask for what I want or need
  • to not be diminished or dismissed
  • to not be belittled
  • to rest when I need to
  • to prioritize myself
  • to have and respectfully express my own feelings out loud
  • to no be held accountable for offenses committed by others

I am not harming others when I am being my authentic self

  • not diminishing others when I speak my truth
  • not taking from others when I give to myself
  • not dishonoring others when I honor myself

I am an ally not an enemy

  • a partner not a villain
  • a friend not a foe
  • a person not an emotional punching bag

I do not want to be a vessel for holding pain that is not my own

  • a stand-in or effigy
  • punished for past wrongs
  • held responsible for things I didn’t actually do

I need to be treated respectfully

  • spoken to respectfully
  • listened to respectfully
  • touched respectfully
  • seen as I am, and not as I’m imagined to be

-gws

@wordswishesandwisdom

I Statements read by -gws #poetry #poetrytok #wordswishesandwisdom #IStatements #personaltruth #writer #poet

♬ original sound – GWS

When I Feel Small

When I feel small and vulnerable, I turn to that which is wondrous and vast, and remember I am Her daughter and in Her care.

-gws

@wordswishesandwisdom

When I Feel Small written and read by GWS #wordswishesandwisdom #poetry #poetrytok #poem #poet #poetsoftiktok #poetryreading #writer

♬ In The Forest (Acoustic Indie No Copyright) – Instrumental – Lesfm & Olexy

Arguing with One’s Self

Composite Image by GWS

Self: Why are you doing this?

Me: What do you mean? Doing what?

Self: Really? You are not THAT oblivious.

Me: Stop being bitchy, and just say what you mean.

Self: Why are you putting up with this bull shit? Why are you allowing someone else to place their misery on you?

Me: I don’t know.

Self: How can you possibly not know?

Me: Look. This was not what I thought I was signing up for. This was not how I expected to be living. THIS is not what I wanted.

Self: Yeah. So what are you going to do about it?

Me: I don’t know.

Self: Well you better figure it the fuck out, because I’m sick of the shit you put up with.

Me: So am I

@wordswishesandwisdom

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♬ original sound – GWS