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Art by Leah Gardner

Johann Besse

Flower 2019

Art by, William Adolphe Bouguereau [French, 1825-1905]

(Song of the Angels) 1881.

i mourn broken walls that i have never seen,

i grieve graves that haven’t been dug,

i weave tapestries of bloody reds and regrown greens,

i mourn a fathers loss and a mothers hug

my heart pains for cries that haven’t been heard,

it searches ruins for hands not found,

my heart exists in the broken wing of every bird,

my heart exists in the thousand bodies that litter the ground

i exist in the ribs that poke through the skin,

i exist in the hopeful eye and the vacant one,

i exist in battles we can’t win,

i exist in the war that has been won.

i echo the sound of a mother who outlived her child,

i echo the sound of a sister left alone,

i echo the sounds of destruction and the wails of the wild,

i echo the sound of guilt in your hearts of stone.

i am the shame of your children, i am the question of humanity,

i am the victor, i am the resilient, i am everything you could never be.

i am humanity. perseverance. hope. love. resilience. strength.

from the river to the sea.

take care of yourself

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mentally — journal: do a brain dump · meditate · remove toxic people and triggering things from your life · recite self love affirmations · think happy thoughts · if negative thoughts come, it’s okay, that’s inevitable.. let them be but don’t let them stay · take walks to clear your mind (watch your surroundings-be careful) · block, unfollow, and mute accounts online that make you feel bad about yourself · disconnect from the world - social media - the news etc often in order to make peace your priority, reset and recharge

emotionally — allow yourself to feel whatever it is that you’re feeling : cry - scream -laugh - smile .. let it out · process your feelings, the good and bad ones · try to understand them and try to work your way through them · journal daily · tell people how you feel and how they make you feel because keeping things like this bottled up isn’t good · be kind to yourself · be patient with yourself · know that your feelings are always valid and no one can ever tell you how to feel about something

physically — exercise · try yoga/pilates · drink enough water every day · try to eat breakfast lunch and dinner daily · brush your teeth in the morning and before bed · wash and deep condition your hair · don’t skip your skin care routine · get mani/pedis · practice good hygiene/shower regularly · moisturize your skin · get facials · get enough sleep · use sunscreen

Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible. 

Carl Jung, “Memories, Dreams, Reflections”

I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones. 

Franz Kafka, “Letters to Milena”