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find yourself (again).

February 11, 2019 ~ liezel graham

strip yourself bare.

so that you can find the place

where the wildflowers grow.

— find yourself (again).

© Liezel Graham 2018.

Photograph by Swapnil Sharma.

If you want to find who you really are, you need to remove the layers.

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Posted in Poetry Chaotic Childhood Depression Forgiveness Healing Inner peace Life Loss Love Mental Health Poetry Selflove Woman

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poet. storyteller. lover of words. seeker of healing. always searching for more. find me in the woods, or at the ocean’s edge, if only in my head. View all posts by liezel graham

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she said, look! . look at me — all these walls are crumbling around me, and every woman that i am, is suddenly so afraid. . but every day, i hear the blackbird singing across the road — in the old tree that is naked all winter, until the light comes and loves her again, and suddenly, she too, is naked no more. . and i know that he sings for me — the little blackbird — only for me, and i think he knows that walls tumbling down, and trees greening up, and out all over, and a woman planting healing all over her own naked feet, all take their own sweet time, and the only way that i can thank him for this, is to sing with him, you see. . so here i am, walls collapsing, and limbs greening, and i sing. . — new. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Dominika Roseclay. . . . #indiepoetry #poetry #selflove #journeytoselflove #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #spilledwords #spilledink #spilledthoughts #iweepinink #shewritestruth #shewrites #woman #innerhealing #words #wordsmith #blackbird #naturepoetry #liezelgraham #blackbirdtattoo #dominikaroseclay #growth #learningtoletgo

how do i write about words that come from nowhere, and fall gently on my limbs, and . then just sit there, smiling at all of me. . . words, strung together in just the right way, . how did you know? . how do i write about words that fall like a warm summer rain. . or silk, soft on thirsty skin that might have forgotten, just a little bit, what it feels like to be caught up in the tide, . just floating in the green of the ocean, quiet . and wanted. . just being, and here, nothing else matters, for just a little while, at least. . how do i write about this. . this being seen, through someone else’s eyes, for what i might (still) be, despite the layers that now cover almost all of me, but not quite. not yet. . this being seen for who i once was, before life happened. . how do i write about this. . how do i write about hunger and thirst without writing about fear, and yes, . there it is. . it’s always there, if i am honest. . of not being enough, in the sharp light of day, and . of being too much, and . even the night with all its dark can come with its own disappointment, if you listen closely enough, so . how do i write about this? . your words strung together like hope around my wrists, and i think i shall hold onto them for just a little bit longer, if you don’t mind? . i think i like the way that they feel on my skin. . —words. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Emiliano Arano. . . . . . #selflove #selfesteem #wordswithqueens #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #words #wordsmith #shewrites #liezelgraham #beautifulwords #indiepoetry #stillbeautiful #spilledink #iweepinink #spilledthoughts #woman #wordswithwomen

you’ve changed, haven’t you? ... so have i. i wrote about it, but it’s too long for Instagram. I have shared on my blog and my author’s page on Facebook. . . . . #selflove #wordswithqueens #believeinyourself #selfesteem #wordswithkings #change #changemymind #changequotes #poetry #words #wordsmith #amwriting #amwritingpoetry #liezelgraham #itsoktochangeyourmind #poetrycommunity #writersofinstagram

of all the words in the whole wide world, . and there are so many, . the ones that you allow to live inside your head, . are the most dangerous words in the whole wide world, so . you must be very careful whose words you pick up with your bare hands, and give a home to. . and some words, especially stray ones, will try to make you feel small . and . unimportant, but you are not small. . you, are so big with kindness, and you, are so strong with compassion, and all your beautiful dreams have made you so very tall. . isn’t that amazing? how big you really are? . so don’t you believe, not even for a minute, that you are not enough for your life. . go, and search for new words, big words, happy words, words that smile at you when you find them. . eat them up, one by one, until the inside of your heart is full of you. . —how to believe in yourself. . © Liezel Graham 2019. . Photograph by Orlando Vera. . Never forget how big you really are. For someone very special down under, but for all of us too. . liezel . . . . #spilledink #spilledthoughts #words #wordsmith #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #liezelgraham #kindness #kindnessmatters #selflove #selfesteem #wordswithkings #wordswithqueens #wordsforsmallhearts #believeinyourself #iweepinink #orlandovera

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