overgrownbykatie
Essays on slow living, soft connection and social deconditioning + occasional poems.
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It felt apt to release you in winter (opens the original)
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It felt apt to release you in winter.I bore the pain in the quiet of the cold, With just what I needed To make it through the season. Brisk, dark mornings surrounded me. Leaves abandoned trees. The world felt stark. And, overcome by this stilling, I sought distraction of any kind. Yet, though the outside appeared stuck, stagnant,There was a warmth of activity brewing within. Those brisk, dark mornings were not silent. Their song was the scratching of pen on paper. Because it was only one winter.
The joy of having a crush (opens the original)
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I’ve been nursing heartbreak for an undisclosed period of time. The most acute romantic heartbreak of my life. It’s been… horrible. There’s a lot of pouring into myself that has been fundamental to recovering and healing. I might write an article on that at some point in the future. Because, yes, taking care of yourself BY YOURSELF after your primary support system is taken away unexpectedly is pretty important for your subconscious (and conscious, for that matter) mind. But that’s not what we’r
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