i woke up thinking the work was done i would not have to practice today how naive to think healing was that easy when there is no end point no finish line to cross healing is everyday work
–rupi kaur, the sun and her flowers
Quotes
Transition
January 14, 2021
A bird without a home
will sometimes look back
at the cage it once knew
longingly
even though it knows
home is up ahead
Muted
January 6, 2021
i opened my mouth to speak out, but
i was afraid
people would lash out in anger
i would be told i was wrong
no one would listen
so i closed my mouth in silence
but the fiery words burned me from within
until i had to cry out
a whisper to speak up, to speak out
to not fear the emotions in others
they need to come out
simply pray it would lead to self-awareness
of things hurting inside hurting others
to not fear being wrong
because everyone is sometimes
only hope there would be humility
willingness to learn from another’s differences
to choose wisely when and where to speak
there is a time and place for both words and silence
but not to fear because
those who matter will always take time to listen
Wonder Woman 1984
January 6, 2021
What if
There is no bad guy
There’s just you and me – us
And we’re equally responsible
For everything that’s gone wrong
If only
I could give up a bit of my dreams
So that those who had nothing
Could have even just a little
But my grasp seems impossibly tight
Perhaps
The most heroic thing I can do
Lies within what I can let go of
Maybe then we could be used
To save the world together.
_____ New Year
January 1, 2021
What if it’s not a happy new year?
Or at least,
Not only a happy one?
What if there is
As much grief
As there is joy,
As much fear
As there is excitement,
As much failure
As there is success,
As much bad
As there is good?
(Or worse, much more)
I just wish there were a word
That could encompass
The entirety of the year
And all that it brings
Something much more than happy
Too Close to Home
December 26, 2020
When people hurt me,
Teach me not to take it as a personal offense
Help me to see that they’re showing me a deep wound of theirs
One that breaks Your heart
One that You can and will heal
And give me Your compassion for that person.
Control
December 26, 2020
Even when people are being:
Stupid
Foolish
Mean
Irresponsible
Selfish
Greedy
Frustrating
Unresponsive
Evil
Unbearable
Angry
Scared
Unwilling
Hesitant
You are still working all things for Your glory and my good.
Self-Compassion
December 5, 2020
You’ve been wounded by these things all your life,
Doesn’t it make sense that it’ll take a lifetime for them to heal?
Memory of Love
December 4, 2020
I said,
I can’t do the harmonies,
But he can do them really well,
Why don’t you have him sing?
She said,
I know he can sing them,
But I want to hear your harmonies
A Korean Drama in Poem Form [ENG SUB]
그리움
2017.10.07
많이 부족한 날,
I'm so very inadequate -
받아주겠니?
Could you accept me?
해줄수있는게 없어도,
I can't do much for you -
옆에 있어주겠니?
Could you still
stay by my side?
잘 못해도,
Even if I'm wrong,
지켜주겠니?
Could you protect me?
말이 서툴러도,
When my words are clumsy,
이해해주겠니?
Could you try to
understand me?
원망해도,
Even when you resent me,
사랑해주겠니?
Could you please love me?
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