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

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

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

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

*You’re

I almost wish we’d never met. You stole six months from me, only half of which filled with naive apprehension … 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

Did You Ever Plan On Telling Me?

You were sending me “I love you” as your lips were on her neck.

Illusionary Hopes

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

The Way They Leave Tells You Everything.

I shouldn’t be laying on my bedroom floor in my now dried towel at 3 A.M. after my 4th shower … More

Promises

I’ve never known a promise that wasn’t broken so don’t promise me this isn’t the end when all that’ll do … More

Flicker

Just a little flame quick to burn out just a little something to keep you warm between bodies is that … More

Scintilla

And the worst part is, it was never even fully real to begin with. Was it? It was a rendezvous … More

Exodus

While I do find beauty in metaphors, I think there’s something terrifyingly fascinating about being straightforward. Here, let me explain. … More

Augie

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

Liquid Love

I have so much love within me so much luminous love and sometimes, I find it overflowing and spilling into … 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

Sweet Nothings

You call me sweet little nothings and each breath turns them into somethings. Your lips have the ability to melt … 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

Where Are You?

I promised I’d always find you but you’ve stolen the sun and now I’m lost.

Writer’s Decongestant

Now I know that this is not a time for us. There are too many miles separating and not enough … More

Desiderium

I believe a person has multiple soulmates; one for each part of who they are. I wholeheartedly believe you were … More

I Wrote This For You

I am writing this for you. The you who knows me through and through, despite what you may believe, anymore. … More

Do You?

I want to ask what you think of me. I want to know your candid thoughts when you hear my … More

I Used To Hold Those Eyes In Mine

I am terrified I will see you look at her the way you used to look at me and I … More

An Eclipse

With you no longer here, no longer in my arms or even the same country, the light has dimmed. You are … More

3 Years Later

I never expected people to care. It was never in my mind that individuals in 30 different countries would have … More

It’s Never You

I never could take my eyes off you. Now, I find myself looking to every opening door and hoping it’s … More

Sugar Coating The Bullet

When you told me you still wanted to be in my life, I couldn’t read my own thoughts. I felt … More

You Took Everything Except Me

I don’t know what to say. Not anymore. How am I supposed to write when you took my words with … More

Broken Record

“I love you.” “I love you too.” From the very beginning, there was something there. We nurtured it and watched … More

Me: An Update

It’s been a long time since I have written of myself, of how I am doing with life at the … More

Sonder

It’s rather curious that each individual, each stranger has a life just as complex (if not more) as our own. … More

We Are Chaos

We are chaos. We fall apart just to fall back into each other. Our muscles are sore and cramping from … More

It Hurts To Think Of December

Coming up this December, it’ll be three years since I last saw you. Three years since I heard your voice, … More

Why I Write

Some people have a problem with the fact that I blog, and believe I do it simply because I have … More