Lines Between Living

  • Routine

    Alarm goes off. 

    Open Eyes.

    Stretch.

    Ache.

    Wanting to stay,

    But must go.

    Clothes waiting

    Maybe

    If not 

    Trying not wear the same thing twice

    One leg

    Then the other

    Zipper

    Shoes

    Our own made armor 

    On our way 

    Start the mundane

    Punch in 

    Steps all seems the same 

    Break 

    Breathe

    Take a bite

    Clock back in

    Shift finally over 

    Head home 

    Try to decompress 

    Yet chaos slips in 

    to mess with the straight lines

    Finally sleep 

    Only to repeat it all again

    So when they ask

    “How’s Life?” 

    What’s your answer? 

  • Deep Breathe In and Exhale

    It’s been a whirlwind of a year, but maybe that’s the best way to begin because life rarely slows down long enough for us to catch our breath.

    For as long as I can remember, I’ve been everything to everyone. A caretaker, a listener, a supporter, a provider of strength. And while I’ve carried those roles with love, I often forgot the one person who needed me most, myself.

    This space, this blog, is my way of taking myself back.

    Of saying out loud that I am more than what others need from me. I am a whole being in the middle of becoming, learning how to live in the quiet lines between giving and receiving, between surviving and actually living.

    Here I’ll share my reflections, my poetry, my struggles, and the messy truths of finding myself again.

    I know I’m not alone in this there are others walking this same path, whispering the same reminder: that we deserve to be here for ourselves, too.

    So welcome to Lines Between Living. It’s not a perfect path, but it’s a real one. And I hope that somewhere in my words, you find pieces of your own story.