Givers of the world…I validate your pain. ❤
Breakups are hard. There is no way around it but through it. There’s no Easy button…no shortcut to healing. It requires lots of time afterward to rebuild what was broken, and lots of self-love and reflection to remember your own worth. You are beautiful. You are worth fighting for. You are worth waiting for. You are worthy of respect and admiration. And most importantly, you are worthy of a grand Love that overcomes all else. You deserve love just as much as anyone else, and you owe it to yourself to accept only the most powerful kind of Love that…
An apology to men. But especially to my dear friend, Levi. I drafted this idea after a conversation we had some time ago…about how women today seem to be permanently poised on a pedestal. Men built that pedestal for women out of love and out of support for equality…but women (some, not all) have now assumed that *high-and-mighty* role and have forgotten how to love and respect our counterparts. Women hold such high expectations for men. No, chivalry isn’t dead…but a woman will castrate a man if he forgets that. Yet when a man wishes to have his gestures and words reciprocated, he is called a selfish, needy bastard. Ladies…love your men. Drop the double standard. You cannot hold impossible expectations for him while failing to reciprocate. It takes two, not one, and I will always side with him if you treat him otherwise and he chooses to walk. He has every right to be a prince if you dare to call yourself a princess. To men…friends and strangers alike…I apologize for my sex leaving you in the dust and using you as a scapegoat for its problems. You are beautiful and worthy and deserving of unadulterated, no-strings-attached love just as much as she is. We love you, we do. We just forgot that respect begets love begets respect. #lovepoetryformen #fuckhallmark #loveyourfellowman #loveistheanswer #love #respect
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#WriterProblems Love me or hate me, at least get to know me first….Whaddya say? 😉
Practicing new paper size and timing for tomorrow’s gig at @broadwaycoffeehouse. Eddie is always pushing me to put forth my best performance. Thanks for the prompts, my friend. 🙂
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It’s legit. This Thursday at 6:00 PM @broadwaycoffeehouse will be hosting an Artists’ Reception for our local “Friday Artists,” whose works are currently hanging in the urban bar of the coffeehouse. The event will feature music from Branches Company and #PopUpPoetry from yours truly, #JessicaMurdoch the #RhetoricalRedhead. Come hang out with me and support your local artists by kicking back for a relaxing evening! See ya there! ❤
Life is alive. And it has never felt so good to breathe it in. Blog post to come soon on this very topic. ❤
Chronic fatigue has led me to this conclusion, darling. ❤ Your truth is worth every moment spent in my level of hell.