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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

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Theme · Aliveness

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Poetry1 min readMarch 31, 2026

Taking from Abundance

Giving from Scarcity

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14
Poetry1 min readMarch 14, 2026

Enoughness

When you value yourself and your time, You don’t need perfection, recognition or achievement.

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Poetry1 min readMarch 13, 2026

Alive in a Fantasy

Spreading Death

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Poetry1 min readFebruary 14, 2026

The Ladder of Yes, But

Transitionally Transcending Transformation

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Poetry1 min readJanuary 9, 2026

Violent Pleasure

No Escaping

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18
Poetry1 min readDecember 20, 2025

Baseline Human

Not Enlightened, Just Healed

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Poetry1 min readDecember 17, 2025

Erotic Charge

Contained Fire

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Memoir2 min readDecember 5, 2025

Shedding Skin

No need to to cut it,when it’s ready,it tears on its own.And it’s still nauseatingand disorienting every time,after so many before.

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Poetry1 min readDecember 3, 2025

Precious

Holding Gently

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Poetry1 min readNovember 27, 2025

Tip of the Spear

A Pyramid in Time

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23
Memoir2 min readNovember 6, 2025

The Splinter

In my left foot

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Poetry1 min readNovember 5, 2025

Fragile Shoots

Don't stomp

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