Approaching 20: Things I’ve Learned And Things I’m Learning

The heart will protect itself, putting up walls to repel emotion and sincerity. But time will pass and the dam … More

Ventricle Map

From here, you can see my epicardium, coated in bookish quotes and names of playlists that have yet to be … More

berries

fingers bloodied with fruit flesh, she echoes my name from across the curb. something about “found a really good one … More

Leaving Leaves Leave In Peace

she sighed and the air sighed with her a mutual release of exhaustion and lyrical breath. hair fell with the … More

On New Names

To begin, thank you. If you’ve been reading this page for 6 years, 6 months, or 6 minutes, thank you. … More

Contrasting Conflation

I am a saltwater soul with blue ridge blood peaking like Pisgah while the Atlantic ocean runs through my veins. … More

My Future Self Needs My Current Self’s Strength

Six months from now I am looking back at myself in this moment soft with pride.

Thalassic Rubatosis

I sit down and sink in, letting the sun singe my skin while I bury sand deep beneath my nail … More

Things I’ve Learned In My First Year.

1. Your happiness is not invincible. Though you may feel the brightest, most concentrated bliss you have ever known, something … More

Growing, Continued.

One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do is look myself in the eyes and admit I deserve … More

Giving and Taking and Balancing and Falling

I’m tired of writing about the cataclysm of last year and how much I’ve grown since then. I’m tired of … More

Cleansing

I have been rinsing myself of everything the year left on me cleansing myself of the scars, the wounds, the … More

In 5 Years’ Time

60 months. 262 weeks. 1,821 days. 43,701 hours. Has it actually been five years since I last saw you, since … More

Delicacy

This past year has easily been one of the most brutal years of my life. After losing myself and everyone … More

Personal Complexities

You know a version of me. The girl who wears that old Elvis Costello shirt or the first year who … More

I Am From…

I am from Jaysun and Anne Stockdell-Giesler, from an artist and a writer. From learning to never end a sentence … More

I Write Best When I’m Falling Apart, But How Do I Write When I’m Falling Into Place?

I want to be writing happy things; words of growth and strength, of liberation and lack of toxicity, all of … More

Wildflower

I was born a chrysanthemum, blooming in the fall and finding home in cold winters. Wrapped myself in my mother … More

Rewrite The Written

They say I have your words your state of mind and your empathetic demeanor. They say I carry you and … More

Coddiwomple

Life is really, truly, wholeheartedly beautiful. In every stupid overused cliche, in each song about feeling reborn, I guess there … More

Sisters

Leaving you two will be the hardest thing I’ve done in years. You both bring out the best in me. … More

I Only Told The Moon

I feel scared and alone. Now, I know I am not actually alone; I have loving support just a call … More

Illusionary Hopes

I need to let go of the illusion that it could have been any different. Any of it, really. I … More

I Learned A Lot About Being A Friend When I Was Alone

I learned a lot about being a friend when I was alone. Crowded rooms are consistently the most complicated and … More

Augie

Echoed footsteps on cold tile and sisterly giggles filling the murky summer air. “Augie slow down! Your legs are toooo … More

The Last Six Months, Sonicallly

Someone New // Banks Hard Feelings/Loveless // Lorde Supercut // Lorde You Should Talk // Fletcher Sad Beautiful Tragic // … More

Four Years, 224 Posts, And 57,288 Words Later

Here we are. It’s been four years since this little blog came into being. Four entire years of poetry, prose, … More

Never Read

I have posts upon poems that will never see the light of day, not because they aren’t worthy but rather … More

Kairosclerosis

For the first time in my life, I am happy alone. I don’t yearn for someone, for somebody to hold … More