Poems, notes and deep(er) dives
The full collection of my musings in different forms to match your mood. Things I noticed and thought were worth mentioning.
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Is the box really there?
Look, I hate being boxed in. Walking through the catacombs in Paris? No thank you. Entering an elevator with more people than you’d be comfortable getting stuck with? Also, no. Like I’ve said before, boxes have a tendency to make…
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On Restlessness
Sometimes we feel restless because we need to take a deep breath and remind ourselves that everything is well and truly fine. But sometimes we’re restless because we need to rest less. If you’ve been ignoring some creative urge, it’s…
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On letting the pen do the talking
Sometimes when I feel off, I pick up a (red) pen and start moving my hand without any rhyme or reason. Whenever I do this, there’s inevitably a moment when I feel like an insane person as I wait for…
NOW WRITING
A novel that picks up right where the rom com usually ends.
They meet, they date, they fight, they make up, then it’s all happily ever right? My novel picks up right in the messy middle of happily ever after.
TOPICS
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Who Am I?
WHO AM I? be sexier, be funnier, be thinner, be prettier. “Be you.” But who is that? too smart. too thin. too sexy. too loud. “Be you.” But not too much. __________ __________ __________ I am. And that’s enough. -Alyssa…
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Running Water
The wall grew taller The river grew deeper As she drowned in her fears The wall became shorter The river became shallower As she dared to share What had been dammed before
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Doors and Dreams
There’s a whole world you’ve never seen because you’ve never dared to dream beyond the borders of what you were taught to love. There’s a whole world you’ve never explored because you’ve been scared to choose a door fearing the…
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Stop Stalling and Get Started: Your Permission Slip to Leave Perfection Behind
This site had many a name before I decided to go with my name. My wallet wasn’t happy with my indecisiveness as I bought domain name after domain name, each time thinking I had landed on *the* idea. My man,…
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