By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student I’m sorry, women. It wasn’t until recently I understood the weight of our struggles. The dark history and the persisting pain. I still don’t know what we’ve done to deserve it. How a made-up hierarchy translated into centuries of abuse, murder, silencing. Was it the way we cared for allContinue reading “Vicious Truths”
Author Archives: The Intuitive Writing Project
Being Human
TIWP Student Sometimes, I feel angry. Sometimes, I feel like I shouldn’t speak. Sometimes, I feel upset and emotional. Generally speaking, I communicate to my heart’s content – I participate, express myself, but only to a certain extent. Otherwise, I fear it comes across as overpowering. Like I’m “too assertive” or too this or too that.Continue reading “Being Human”
To Change the World
TIWP Student We live in a time of great injustice,of death, of disease, of discrimination, of hate, of climate change, of inaction,problems persisting for centuries.It is our time to step up.We riseon the battlefield of doom.There is a lightwe see in our hearts.HopeBut some have none. If my news is wrong and your news isContinue reading “To Change the World”
Walking My Dog
TIWP Student On my walkstep by step I move,he a step ahead and sometimes behind.But I have to move fastand with great intent.The trees look down at me from aboveand I smile wide.I hear the birds sing,their songs of love, of cheer, of sadness.On a bright sunny dayI am sweating.I need to shower.My dog squatsContinue reading “Walking My Dog”
Beautiful Wreckage
By Kayli Harley, TIWP Student I read an essay in my English class with a line that goes “pretty much anything you worship in life will eat you alive,” and it reminded me of a quote from one of my favorite novels that reads, “beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”Continue reading “Beautiful Wreckage”
One Thing
By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student change one thingthe butterfly’s wingthe dominoes are falling am i still alivecan civilization still thrive if you take the queenout of her hive would i have been born?against changing the past i warnwith every rose of repercussion there’s a thorn
The Land of Wanderlust
By Caroline Crossland, TIWP Student The little holes of deep chocolate sprinkle and indent the strawberry laffy taffy pink air.Those holes each carry a whirlpool of endless thoughts and ideasthat swivel with their own colors and fairytales,all connecting to the base of the universe.I am in The Land of Wanderlust everyday. The light purple grapeContinue reading “The Land of Wanderlust”
Grandma’s Wisdom
By Elle Gordon, TIWP Student I know the pain. You pour everything you have into everyone and they just look the other way. You’re so kind and generous and they use you like a doormat to wipe poo off their shoe. Now you carry their wrongdoings. You are so closed off so they pick andContinue reading “Grandma’s Wisdom”
I Am From
By Ellie Hawkins, TIWP Student I am from the endless starsand the ethereal sunsets painted across the sky. I am from thunderstorms,dancing in the rainand summer crickets that keep you up all night. I am from my grandma’s endless fudgeand the taste of fresh mango that emits a sweet fragrance. I am from soft lullabiesandContinue reading “I Am From”
Drowning
By Elise Flagg, TIWP Student The water surrounded her, silencing her once prominent voice. She tries to swim up but what looks like the surface continues to move farther and farther away. Just one breathe of air. One short breath is all she needs. No one is helping. No one will help her. The darknessContinue reading “Drowning”
