Crooked Souls Trying to Stay up Straight

[ailbey]

[lunchboxpoems]

BOB HICOK

[soulcontact]

march 18, 2025

[sicknessinmotion]

I MISSED YOU WHEN YOU WERE STILL HERE, AND I MISS YOU EVEN MORE NOW; ON GRIEF

natalie diaz // brenna twohy // @metamorphesque // fatima aamer bilal // jamie anderson // @heavensghost // rainer maria rilke

[alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry]

The Thing Is by Ellen Bass

[weltenwellen]

bell hooks, All About Love

[flowerytale]

Katherine Mansfield, from a letter to Dorothy Brett (May 1922)

[catchymemes]

[ailbey]

hi fellow poet! i notice your header, is that from a Switchfoot song? it's just that i've heard one that goes exactly that way :)

Hi! Always great to meet another Switchfoot fan. And yes, it's from the song "The Shadow Proves the Sunshine".

That song has always had great meaning to me as it explore themes of resilience, hope, and the intrinsic link between light and dark, and that our struggles are not only inevitable but also evidence of our strength, hope, and what makes us human.

Sorrow implies the existence of joy, dark implies light, and pain implies healing.

[thoughtkick]

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.”

— Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

[perfectfeelings]

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”

— John Steinbeck, East of Eden

[ailbey]

- Flower Shops And Lattes via Instagram

[nolustjustwanderlust]

Sayaka Saeki, Bloom into you / Emily Henry, Book Lovers / Dr. Jean Cheng (on Instagram)

[ailbey]

Dr. Jean Cheng via Instagram

[thoughtkick]

“Healing is a choice. It is not an easy one because it takes work to turn around your habits. But keep making the choice and shifts will happen.”

— Yehuda Berg

[maybe-itsforthebest]

- j (x)

[rivers-for-me]

[perfectquote]

“One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.”

— Unknown