Rei
My Legacy | Η Κληρονομία Μου (poem)
My grandparents didn’t survive wars and displacement and genocide for me to sit in sustained silence as atrocities barrage Congo, Sudan,...
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Rei
- Sep 2
- 1 min
Énouement (poem)
If I could talk to my past self about my present-self's triumphs... I'd tell them that the rainbows that lived within them are now worn...
Rei
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Shy Sun (poem)
after years of being told to tone down my light, it's no wonder my inner sun is shy... As the image description above already mentioned,...
Rei
- Jul 20
- 1 min
A Note to Little Me (poem)
cherishing all the little mes that brought me here Boarded up in a clock tower with broken gears for years upon years, all my inner child...
Rei
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Heart on My Spectral Sleeve (poem)
the magic of reparenting the inner child little me would look at now me all wide-eyed, gap-toothed grin, mind full of wonder and marvel...
Rei
- Jun 26
- 1 min
A Fiery Raven Rising (poem)
what healing my inner fledgling looks like When everything was falling apart, from my rug-city of toy cars to my parents' arranged...
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- Jun 4
- 1 min
Cushiony Heart (poem)
trying to retain softness in a world of harshness This heart of mine is s o f t like the crimson cushion I sit upon cross-legged,...
Rei
- May 15
- 1 min
River-Lipped (poem)
I was too river-lipped, they'd say... eroding the rocks and dams that dared to stop these flowing truths that weren't meant to live out...
Rei
- Apr 25
- 2 min
May My Dash Across This Existence Mean Something (poem)
the world I want to help build is a softer, brighter, & kinder one, and I choose to do that via poetry This poem is inspired by a collage...
Rei
- Apr 11
- 2 min
This Is Me (poem)
being one's true self is an act of courage but not one without challenge I'm "out and proud" online and amongst my closest loved ones,...
Rei
- Apr 1
- 1 min
Perfectionism's Opposite (poem)
more acceptance, less striving for absolute perfection at all times Pine-lined path for miles. I think I'll stay a while and just be,...
Rei
- Mar 25
- 1 min
Not My Job (poem)
self-minimizing and putting myself in harm's way for those who harm me are no longer my specialties Content Note: references to abuse...
Rei
- Mar 19
- 2 min
First Lick of Sunshine (prose poem)
there's nothing quite like tasting the light after seemingly eternal winter... Happy Almost Spring Equinox/Ostara to those of you in the...
Rei
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Nothing to Fear (poem)
hiding from the things that go bump in the night in your mind doesn’t make them any less monster Amorphous shadows hiding beneath creaky...
Rei
- Mar 4
- 1 min
While Others Were Growing Up, I Was Too Busy Trying to Survive (poem)
the title of this poem speaks for itself I often feel younger for my age, and in part, it has to do with my outlook on life, but it also...
Rei
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Philanthrope (poem)
they tried to turn me into a misanthrope, and they failed... miserably I wasn’t born a misanthrope. No, this aversion to humanity was a...
Rei
- Feb 14
- 1 min
A Vow to My Little Cell(f) (poem)
a short self-love poem for love day My red blood cells carry oxygen with a care I craved from a mother who carried too many burdens to...
Rei
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Forward-Step (poem)
Long-lost lionheart, how do I forward-step when magma’s mere meters away, lava inching closer to my soles by the day? Inner roars and...
Rei
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Cocoon of Chitin (poem)
self-protection isn't protective when it's a prison... My cocoon was made of moth-wings, but after enough asteroid-hits I mistook for...
Rei
- Jan 10
- 2 min
The Herculean Feat of a "Human Doing" (prose)
a prose piece about shifting our focus away from "doing" to "being" There is no thing (okay, maybe a few) more exacting than simply being...
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