Category: self improvement

Embracing Tomorrow

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink October 27, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by v2osk on Unsplash how do we hold ontothe beauty of yesterdayhow do we seal memoriesfrozen in timehow do we fill the voidof being forgottenhow do we cherish our loved oneswho have now since passed onwe sit with our feelingsand paint in the fragmentswe decorate memoriesleaving out disgraceful eventswe hold onto cherished momentsand let go of the thoughtsthat don’t help us move...

Remain Sane

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink October 4, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash it sounds great in theoryit plays out well in my mindit smells sweet when imaginedyet all is not wellthings need to be thought throughone must be warnedto stay away and runrun away for dear lifefor once that apple is consumedand once that letter hasbeen openedthe hook has been insertedthe energy has been penetratedlearn from lessons of the pastand remain...

Set Free

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 22, 2020 0 Comments
~a poem~ Photo by Aditya Saxena on Unsplash he told her to leaveshe stormed outwithout a thing to her name she didn’t even have timeto put on her shoes fear followed heryet she kept moving onknowing that if she went backthe abuse would startall over again as she sat upon the groundand pondered her next moveshe felt a sense of relieffor she finally was freefrom the neverending cycle of...

The Painful Skin that He Lives in

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 18, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash I feel so helplesssometimes it’s just too muchand I have to go and block it out his entire bodyfull of soresI seriously don’t knowhow he survives I don’t think I’d make it out aliveif I had to deal with his condition I can barely handle it on him I feel the pain of his sufferingI say a prayerand beg and pleadfor God to heal him completely when...

Holding Onto Hope

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 11, 2020 0 Comments
it’s hard not to feel disappointedwhen things don’t go as plannedwhen suddenly the thought of counting blessings feels meaningless and foreign yet I must then remind myself that things could always be worse I must hold tightly onto the hopethat only God freely givesto everyone who asks so even though I’m brokenand even though I make mistakesI will always treasure in my heartand cling...

The Storm

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink July 30, 2020 0 Comments
  Photo by Cristian Lozan on Unsplash   a rainstorm came suddenly I allowed it to wash away my sadness inside the puddle beside me I threw away all of my desires emptying myself of everything that mattered gave me a sense of peace a chance to fill myself with new possibilities within this nothingness I found freedom a clean slate with no shame       Until next time, stay...
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Yesterday Mixed in with Today

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink July 17, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Slava on Unsplash   Yesterday Mixed in with Today     I felt like Superwoman yesterday   conquering one task after another with little rest and with no end in sight   after crashing down with barely any strength left I had to face the fact that any superhero within me had vanished   as I collapsed into my bed I couldn't see myself ever getting up again...

I Blew a Kiss up to the Moon

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink July 16, 2020 0 Comments
        I Blew a Kiss up to the Moon   I blew a kiss up to the moon and as he caught it in his hand he swept me softly off my feet and introduced me to the stars   and as I met them one by one it took one hundred years or more realizing that my youth was gone I begged the moon to renew my strength   and as I floated back to Earth every thought centered around...