With Love

a poetry book about identity lost, transformation, and self discovery

I have found the power of reflection to be in the things I write. I have come to understand I am writing to myself.

This is how and what love taught me during a hard time in my life.

Thank you to the artist. Thank you for giving us a space to express, to relate, to exist, to bathe in, to love. Thank you for creating a medium for us to heal, to feel, to be inspired. To every artist out there, thank you for finding a way to do these things for yourself as well.

When there was nothing left, there was love.

Last year, I made the decision that I was ready to love and be loved. Love showed up for me in its purest form. It taught me so much and helped me become the person I am today. Thank you.

Losing you wasn’t like losing a lover

Losing you was like losing a friend.

I have tried to run away from you but I have only ran away from myself.

I want to sit and look at you and feel the pain I’ve caused.

I continuously wake up thinking of the past injustices I have done myself.

The moment I create a fight within myself, I fight with you.

You can’t run away from yourself.

You are always with you.

It has always been about you.

I have struggled with forgiving someone who deserves forgiveness.

I have struggled with forgiving myself.

Who am I?

I am looking for someone that doesn’t exist. I am searching the streets of my memories.

Don’t forget to be in a relationship with yourself.

The most important person in your life is you.

You are in a constant state of change.

It is acceptable to do something you’ve never done. It is normal to dislike something you have loved.

Change is inevitable.

Getting to know you has been getting to know myself.

I have come to learn the things I don’t feel good about are often the things I have told myself.

I decided I would do all the things I wanted to do. I decided I wouldn’t be afraid.

The most important person in your life is you.

Don’t be afraid to try again.

Don’t ever stop trying.

I could run but I have to get to know this pain. I have to sit with it, breathe it, bathe in it. I have to make it my home. Only then will it be able to go as freely as it came.

With love

I completely immerse myself into you.

I walk into clear depth. I know what I’m getting myself into.

I am lost.

As I flow downstream, I imagine maybe I could find myself. I could be separate.

And as I approach the edge, I jump.

I fall, right back into myself realizing, that I could never be separate from you.

I am myself.

Nothing defines me besides the things I define myself by.

I am everything I desire.

I am happy to be here with you.

You & I together.

Within the last two years, I have learned the greatest lessons through love. Navigating my way through this self healing journey solely is precious to me.

Loving myself first.

Loving myself second.

Loving myself last.

Love is my being.

Nothing can stop me from being.

I want to tell everyone that I love them. I am overflowing with love. I have enough for everyone.

Love will heal you.

Love will set you free.

I’m going after everything I desire.

Love is not sacrifice or deprivation.

I am myself in whichever way I choose to show up.

I am going to love.

I am going to do things out of love and I am going to do things that I love with the people I love.

Through love, anything is possible.

I am grateful to myself, to you, to anyone that I have ever crossed paths with, reflecting back to myself tiny parts of who I am, allowing me to dive deeper into who I am.

My heart is wide open.

Thank you for letting my words penetrate you at your heart’s depth.

Now that I have known you. I have known love.

I love you like I love myself.

I have everything I am within myself.

I want nothing more than to be here, to support you and motivate you in your wildest endeavors.

I want this to be a reminder that I am always here encouraging you, not only in your dreams but in life, with everything.

Love, as long as we got.

I love you.