Connections

Seeking others and accepting vulnerability

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Just a note while finishing my coffee…

Still settling into this space, still figuring out the rhythm of it all.

But I’ve got so much to say.

Not in the “content machine” kind of way but in the I-can’t-keep-holding-all-of-this-in kind of way.

Sometimes I get tangled in a million threads of thought, only to realize:

I believe in the power of what I’m saying.

And maybe, just maybe, it can help others too.

Coffee is my god.

Squirrel-brain is my nemesis.

Writing helps me make sense of it all.

If you’re someone who thinks deeply, feels fiercely, and sometimes laughs mid-breakdown…

…then you’re not alone.

Neither am I, I think. At least, I hope not.

Connections

How do I reach
Out toward others
From within this box?

Will they hear me
Or even blink?
Do I have the chops?

Introverted
Inside, a storm
I have much to say

Writing’s easy
Sharing is hard
So, I run away

It hasn’t been
Always like this
Pain, through time, piled on

Burying me
Under layers
Quieting my song

Recently I
Broke my surface
And started to talk

The more I talked
My volume grew
Hope became unlocked

I have realized
How much it means
To reach out once more

Something inside,
Through this turmoil,
Has begun to soar

Please forgive me
Being inept
Reaching out to you

After so long
In this silence
This all feels brand new

I really hope
You can hear me
That my words make sense

Nothing makes me
Happier than
Dropping all pretense

Truly I hope
You’ll stop and that
My words can lift you

To make you think
And open up
To their raw truth too

— Liora
voice through fire | www.liorawrites.com

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