This blog explores the quiet, gentle side of romance, the kind that grows not through grand gestures, but through small, consistent acts of love. It reflects how true affection often manifests in everyday moments, shared silence, warm messages, soft laughter, and the comfort of simply being yourself with someone. The piece ends with a heartfelt poem that captures the idea that real love doesn't arrive with noise and drama, but settles softly into the spaces where the heart feels most at peace.
a decade in poetry;
The lives that we live in each moment, each year, each decade. Divided into sections, this collection of poems are confessional and reflective as the speaker weaves through the first decade of adulthood. She learns that everything is clear, in retrospect.
SECTION 1: THE RISE -- purity, naivety, unabashed love.
SECTION 2: THE FALL -- learning the hard truth
SECTION 3: IMPACT -- the injury from the fall
SECTION 4: STAGNATE -- loneliness, depression, stuck in the mud
SECTION 5: RELEASE -- acceptance
SECTION 6: THE RISE: PART TWO -- love in it's truest form