Words of reassurance for when the world feels a little too daunting.
I will always have your back.
Go out into the world and
wear whoever you want to be.
Try on different lives,
different jackets, different risks.
Do not fear the stumble—
you are already loved,
worthy, and enough.
She whispered the words
to herself.
She was her own cheerleader.
– sanjana
Feature Photo by Sapan Patel on Unsplash
When I was in school, we read poems regularly and analyzed what the poet meant with every line, word and punctuation. But after I left school I stopped reading poems actively because other things like Netflix lured me. I have picked it up again recently because I have found that it’s a way for me to slow down and be mesmerized by how beautifully emotion can be captured with words.
Read More »Sit with your demons
Reflect on why they haunt you
Offer them comfort
After all, they were created
from unhealed wounds
– Aashi
running out the door
rain in the sun
promised a rainbow
– Aashi
pressed flat between pages
a leaf from last fall
why did I pick you?
– Aashi
watching the sunset
she knew everything she needed
was within her heart
– Aashi
The Tiny Storyteller 