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Reasons.

You do not owe anyone

your sanity

You do not owe the world

a reason for your existence

You owe yourself

the journey it takes to know this

Author rosietizaPosted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018Categories PoetryTags beauty, igpoets, mental health, poems, Poetry, quotes, sanity, world, writing2 Comments on Reasons.

Heart Beats

There is this thing that happens

when you’re out of words to say.

Continue reading “Heart Beats”

Author rosietizaPosted on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018Categories PoetryTags alive, anxiety, crying, heartbeat, igpoets, mental health, moments, night, paperlungs, poems, Poetry, quotes, spoken word, surviving, writingLeave a comment on Heart Beats

-the kind of love

Some humans will unstitch the entire

universe

just for you,

just to show

you

the kind of love worth

surviving for

 

Author rosietizaPosted on August 23, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryTags couples, love, paperlungs, poems, Poetry, quotes, spoken word, surviving, unstitch, writingLeave a comment on -the kind of love

This Wilted Garden

This Wilted Garden

I felt flowers growing

on my skin

from the sound of

his voice

Continue reading “This Wilted Garden”

Author rosietizaPosted on August 22, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryTags igpoets, love, Poetry, self care, writingLeave a comment on This Wilted Garden

– gentle reminder #1

Gentle reminder

that you can begin

any journey you choose

even if that journey

is yourself

Author rosietizaPosted on August 20, 2018August 28, 2018Categories PoetryTags beauty, gentle reminders, igpoets, love, mental health, poem, poems, Poetry, self care, selflove, writingLeave a comment on – gentle reminder #1

-great women

I begin to wonder

if every great woman

has had to bury her bones

in pursuit of something

Author rosietizaPosted on August 20, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryLeave a comment on -great women

Woman

Woman

Contrary to popular belief

Women know everything there is to know about construction

We know all too well

about calloused hands

Continue reading “Woman”

Author rosietizaPosted on July 11, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryTags beauty, feminism, poem, Poetry, writingLeave a comment on Woman

Yet Another Way to See the World #423

Yet Another Way to See the World #423

It is because of poetry

that nothing seems

unreachable

Continue reading “Yet Another Way to See the World #423”

Author rosietizaPosted on July 4, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryLeave a comment on Yet Another Way to See the World #423

Fifth Ave and Frontal Lobe St.

Fifth Ave and Frontal Lobe St.

The city that never sleeps”

Can be used to describe two beautiful, wonder filled

things I know:

New York City and my brain.

The cars never stop honking,

the people never stop shouting

in this city.

Continue reading “Fifth Ave and Frontal Lobe St.”

Author rosietizaPosted on July 3, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryLeave a comment on Fifth Ave and Frontal Lobe St.

Lessons From A Dying Man

A dying man once told me all the secrets to living

He began by telling me a story

The ones we paint on our backs

Sculpted in our skins

Continue reading “Lessons From A Dying Man”

Author rosietizaPosted on July 1, 2018September 14, 2018Categories PoetryLeave a comment on Lessons From A Dying Man

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