Write from the light
Your Life Matters
She/Her
LGBTQ+
I don't know which book f*cked me up more The Rainbow Fish Or The Giving Tree.... For those of you who need a refresher in these staples of a childhood library:
By K.C. KENNINGS 2 years ago in Poets
I have not always been a kind person You know that better than anybody Before I learned to weave healing words into pretty poems
Though you wouldn't know it from my Pinterest page, I am not actually engaged. But if I married you today, This is what my vows would say:
You made me a junkie Addicted to a dopamine, serotonin, adrenaline, roller-coaster thrill Your inconsistencies left me wanting more
Hi you, This one really stuck with me, so I want to take an extra second here to talk to the younger ones. And honestly, the grown-ups too, huddle in here.
I spend the other 364 days of the year pretending this one does not exist But I think I might be the reason I'm breaking, and I'm sorry if my voice starts shaking because this
They say you fall in love three times. The first love is an introduction. Young, and silly, Love for what we knew it to be before we had ever told anyone those three words.
I don't know when it started, The hiding All I know is that I woke up one day And realized no one really knew me The people I held close
"I just want an HONEST WOMAN. Where can I find one of those?" She's out there In the quiet corner of the bustling coffee shop, deep thought caught in a betterment book
"When was it that you unlearned how to love you?" Somewhere between a 5 year old in lacy socks and a 15 year old in oversized t-shirts
My second life began when I started chasing the feeling of being alive I found it many places you'd expect: Running off mountain tops into open glider arms
I want to love you, but I need to love me first You are truly good, please understand But when you shone your light on me,
