River Joy

Joined September 2022

0 stories

Bio

I make things with paint and words and light. I was once described as an asshole with Mr. Rodgers vibes.

Achievements (1)

Runner-Up in Full Moon Challenge

Stories (45/0)

haven
it's funny to have what you never expect love, as i understood it was something outside my reach until that night on that bridge
By River Joyabout a month ago in Poets
Call Me Sometime
Sand in my face, in my eyes, in my nose. Water, in my throat I cough and try to open my eyes but the sun feels like knives.
By River Joy2 months ago in Fiction
Tam's Story
I have been here for four years, three hundred forty five days, four hours, fifty six minutes: three, four, five, six seconds.
By River Joy2 months ago in Fiction
hope
hope is no lighthearted lover though it's tale may be too personal it does not perch gently on the soul hope is so much heavier than hate
By River Joy3 months ago in Poets
Accessibility
I have a confession to make about my writing process. I write most of my pieces on the notes app in my phone, not on a word processor. Well except for my poems which I write on paper first, and everything else I've posted on Vocal so far (except the dragon story, which lets be honest was not my strong suit but always explore outside your genre!)
By River Joy3 months ago in Confessions
ship in a bottle
if words are just pieces placed into bottles with glue and steady hands arranging them perfectly that kind of care, only noticed
By River Joy3 months ago in Poets
Reptiles
Currently I as I slowly peel myself away from burnout I'm working very part time at a reptile shop, and it's taught me some things.
By River Joy3 months ago in Education
the tree
find me underneath my tree the crooked one that's been righting itself for years i'll be there gravel sticking in my knees
By River Joy3 months ago in Poets
It's Chaos Be Kind
"It's Chaos, be kind" -Michelle McNamara This year New Years looked a lot different for me, I spent it with my love, I stayed up until midnight and shared our first kiss of 2023, it was all very, normal. As someone who has spent their New Years Day and the preceding week in a psych ward I've come a long way.
By River Joy3 months ago in Confessions
On The Word Sensitive
I have found in my dealings with hundreds of humans a week for the last ten years of my life that "sensitive" is a word used as an insult by people who are clinging to a power that is not actually theirs. Not long ago I left high volume retail, sensitivity was weakness. I was burned out, exhausted and unsure how I was going to handle the rest of my life.
By River Joy3 months ago in Education
mirrors
i am back here in the twisting hallways with the too clean smell and the too kind mirrors mirrors who are people one, two, three times
By River Joy3 months ago in Poets
climate 1.4
on june second twenty twenty one jacobabad pakistan reached one hundred and twenty six degrees farenheight
By River Joy3 months ago in Poets

River Joy

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Stories (45/0)

haven

Call Me Sometime

Tam's Story

hope

Accessibility

ship in a bottle

Reptiles

the tree

It's Chaos Be Kind

On The Word Sensitive

mirrors

climate 1.4

Achievements (1)