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In her debut poetry collection, Brianna Wiest pioneers a new cross-genre of writing. Through her freeform approach, Brianna's words artfully illustrate our deep connection to the natural world as well as to ourselves, distilling the essence of wisdom into lines that are sure to touch your heart and open your soul.
171 pages, Paperback
First published December 4, 2017
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October 28, 2023
➳ 𝟒.𝟓/𝟓 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨
❞𝙄𝙛 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮
𝙄 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚
𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙖𝙢
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮.❞
I have read few books by Brianna and i loved them soo much, soo i had pretty good expectations with it and honestly it served. I wholeheartedly treasured every poem within these pages. Truth be told, this book felt like a comforting, steaming cup of coffee on a brisk, chilly day, warming both my heart and soul 🥺🤌🏻
This is undeniably a heartwarming and exquisite read, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. If you're in search of quality poetry, this book could be your perfect find 🫂🩷
❞𝙄𝙛 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮
𝙄 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚
𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙖𝙢
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮.❞
I have read few books by Brianna and i loved them soo much, soo i had pretty good expectations with it and honestly it served. I wholeheartedly treasured every poem within these pages. Truth be told, this book felt like a comforting, steaming cup of coffee on a brisk, chilly day, warming both my heart and soul 🥺🤌🏻
This is undeniably a heartwarming and exquisite read, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. If you're in search of quality poetry, this book could be your perfect find 🫂🩷
May 31, 2024
If on my last day
I were to greet
The person I could have become
I hope I am happy to be who I am
And I hope that I love her anyway
Brianna did it again!
I were to greet
The person I could have become
I hope I am happy to be who I am
And I hope that I love her anyway
Brianna did it again!
January 11, 2024
"Even if you don’t think you’re broken, Life can still hand you a thousand ways to heal"
"I wish I didn’t know what I weighed or
What other people’s lives were like
I would be so blissfully ordinary
If these measures didn’t exist, "
"I quieted my life
Until the only thing I could hear
Was the sound that blood makes in your body
When you’re still enough and listen
And the tapping of rain on the windowsill And the simmer of sage leaves as they coil The familiar clicking of a keyboard
And the steeliness of a frigid afternoon Each of these an encryption
Reminding me what matters
Telling me where to go"
"Evolution is divinity at work
We are nature made aware of itself
Science is the most spiritual pursuit
To learn the patchwork of existence
Is to understand ourselves"
"I wish I didn’t know what I weighed or
What other people’s lives were like
I would be so blissfully ordinary
If these measures didn’t exist, "
"I quieted my life
Until the only thing I could hear
Was the sound that blood makes in your body
When you’re still enough and listen
And the tapping of rain on the windowsill And the simmer of sage leaves as they coil The familiar clicking of a keyboard
And the steeliness of a frigid afternoon Each of these an encryption
Reminding me what matters
Telling me where to go"
"Evolution is divinity at work
We are nature made aware of itself
Science is the most spiritual pursuit
To learn the patchwork of existence
Is to understand ourselves"
January 31, 2018
*Update 3 stars
3.5 stars
This book is strongly express about self love and a little romance.
I enjoyed quite a lot of her poetry. However, there are quite some of it that I just feel disconnected with.
*Thank you so much for Thought Catalog for sending me this book :)
3.5 stars
This book is strongly express about self love and a little romance.
I enjoyed quite a lot of her poetry. However, there are quite some of it that I just feel disconnected with.
*Thank you so much for Thought Catalog for sending me this book :)
April 14, 2023
― "sometimes you will go through darkness, and that is the end of the sentence
it was a dark winter, and nothing more
you sank and you purged
and you didn’t understand why you laid in sadness
sometimes you don’t need to know why
you only need to go through it"
it was a dark winter, and nothing more
you sank and you purged
and you didn’t understand why you laid in sadness
sometimes you don’t need to know why
you only need to go through it"
March 23, 2023
Like a 3.5 ⭐️ It was good poetry I just felt disconnected from it a bit
April 20, 2024
“Live so that death has nothing to steal”
Some pieces were beautiful, but most did not resonate with me.
Some pieces were beautiful, but most did not resonate with me.
June 28, 2024
Book of thoughts....some good...few very good and few you can't make any sense out of :P
July 18, 2022
I've never been a big poetry fan, but I was moved to buy this book while in the serene Hill Country of Austin, Texas. I was staying at this amazing retreat called Camp Lucy, felt relaxed after a walk up to the vineyard and Brianna Wiest's name caught my eye in the gift shop. I've read her book, "The Mountain is You" and it changed my life. I wondered if her poetry would, too.
Book in hand, I sat out on my balcony in the "treetop suite" and got to reading. I found myself captivated. Upon returning home from my stay in TX, I marked my favorites and sent it to my niece - who loves poetry. Now I find myself missing it and will purchase another copy!
Well done, Ms. Wiest, on another book that challenges and changes!
Book in hand, I sat out on my balcony in the "treetop suite" and got to reading. I found myself captivated. Upon returning home from my stay in TX, I marked my favorites and sent it to my niece - who loves poetry. Now I find myself missing it and will purchase another copy!
Well done, Ms. Wiest, on another book that challenges and changes!
October 28, 2021
»did jesus leave the lepers
because he didn’t like their “vibes?” «
second hand embarrassment bound to occur…
i really do think every poetry book has its own raison d'être but even rupi kaur poetry sparks more emotion in me than those half assed facebook inspired motivation quotes i've already read a million times
maybe this worked in 2017 when it was published but it's definitely not working now… at least not for me, sorry
1.5 ★
because he didn’t like their “vibes?” «
second hand embarrassment bound to occur…
i really do think every poetry book has its own raison d'être but even rupi kaur poetry sparks more emotion in me than those half assed facebook inspired motivation quotes i've already read a million times
maybe this worked in 2017 when it was published but it's definitely not working now… at least not for me, sorry
1.5 ★
March 6, 2020
3.5 stars.
Salt Water is a book about self love, learning how to be comfortable in your own skin and how to heal from a break up.
I enjoyed reading it. There were some of the poems I really liked but also there were poems I just couldn’t connect with, hence the 3.5 stars. However, I could see why someone would love it.
•Thank you Thought Catalog for sending me this book.
Salt Water is a book about self love, learning how to be comfortable in your own skin and how to heal from a break up.
I enjoyed reading it. There were some of the poems I really liked but also there were poems I just couldn’t connect with, hence the 3.5 stars. However, I could see why someone would love it.
•Thank you Thought Catalog for sending me this book.
June 7, 2023
Some of these poems felt like they were written for me and made my eyes misty and that’s when I know they’ve meant something to my soul
May 15, 2023
enjoyed this collection and many lines resonated deeply but the verse? read more like observations / motivational thoughts and statements, giving advice to others rather than narrative poetry. many of the individual lines felt like great one liner quotes or social media one liner poetry and it did not read very personal and interior for me, which considering the subject matter being about self-healing and self-reliance after a break up, i was surprised it read more external and removed like the poet was intellectualizing rather than speaking from a place of knowing. this is not to say that is the case at all, just how the text came across to me while i was living in it. when the collection ended and i saw this was a thought catalog release, the style and form of writing clicked and made more sense because from experience i am aware that writing for outlets like thought catalog with a wide and vast online readership they prefer pieces that allow a wide and vast potential readership to connect with the writing and ask their writers to write in a style that allows for heightened reader self-insert, which i think works well online but unfortunately for me one that did not translate as successfully into print as a bound standalone. i do think a lot of the advice in this text is important and really sound collection of learning lessons, especially for young and new adults experiencing their first few heartbreaks or setbacks in life. this book will definitely be a comfort in times where the heart is a little bruised and achy or need someone in your corner hyping you up and telling you you are strong, capable, and worthy when you need to hear it.
March 22, 2024
Beautiful fragments of emotions and insights on life. I just love Wiest’s writing. You feel her words in your soul.
Read
August 1, 2022Some poems were good but overall messy.
September 25, 2024
And your desire to be smaller, smaller, smaller
Comes from the belief that to be insignificant, unbothersome
Is to be good?
Comes from the belief that to be insignificant, unbothersome
Is to be good?
August 20, 2022
"live so that dead has nothing to steal" 🥲
January 3, 2023
4.5/5 weer hele mooie boodschappen
November 11, 2018
I'll start out by saying I don't read a lot of modern poetry, but I wanted to give it a try. Second, I can see why someone would like this book. It has a lot of messages of loving yourself, healing from a breakup, and learning to be comfortable in your own skin. I love the message of the poems, but the poems themselves I thought were lack luster.
There were about 10 poems total that I liked from this collection and the rest were one or two single lines or had no cadence/rhythm to them. There were very few poems that read like poems and a lot of it felt like reading paragraphs or inspirational Facebook statuses. Which might be what poetry has evolved into. I'll have to read some other modern works to find out. Sadly though, this collection did not inspire me to continue trying.
There were about 10 poems total that I liked from this collection and the rest were one or two single lines or had no cadence/rhythm to them. There were very few poems that read like poems and a lot of it felt like reading paragraphs or inspirational Facebook statuses. Which might be what poetry has evolved into. I'll have to read some other modern works to find out. Sadly though, this collection did not inspire me to continue trying.
November 25, 2018
" maybe you were the hero you were waiting for
maybe you were the love of your life all along
maybe you were always happy
and just thought you needed the reassurance of someone safe
to let yourself feel it"
This is a lovely read. Weist has such a clear grasp of the written language and executes it so beautifully.
So much of these poems are about self love and acceptance with a bit of romance.
I connected with so many of them. She writes with such beautiful imagery. I feel so many could connect with this book. It really gave me all the feels.
Thank you @thoughtcatalog for sending me this lovely book.
For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
maybe you were the love of your life all along
maybe you were always happy
and just thought you needed the reassurance of someone safe
to let yourself feel it"
This is a lovely read. Weist has such a clear grasp of the written language and executes it so beautifully.
So much of these poems are about self love and acceptance with a bit of romance.
I connected with so many of them. She writes with such beautiful imagery. I feel so many could connect with this book. It really gave me all the feels.
Thank you @thoughtcatalog for sending me this lovely book.
For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
February 5, 2018
I couldn’t stop turning the pages of this book. This book gave me all the feels. There are so many truths laid out. A lot of times I feel like reading poetry is like reading a journal where someone has written THEIR most personal feelings; however, with Salt Water I felt it was the connection fibers in all of us with the author spinning her connection to a central force.
March 20, 2018
This is the first real bit of poetry I've read that wasn't related to school or schoolwork. While some of the poems in here really did speak to me with vivid imagery, most of the works were really, at least to me, along the lines of something you'd see on a self help website in poetic form.
That said, I did enjoy the poems here.
That said, I did enjoy the poems here.
July 23, 2018
This book came to me when I needed it most. Beautiful poetry that I was able to relate to my own life and hardships. There were a few poems I read over and over before turning the page.
March 17, 2022
there’s beauty that comes
from insight offered to us
in bite-sized pieces
easy enough to understand
but leaving enough room for
personal insight
that is the wonderful nature of this book.
from insight offered to us
in bite-sized pieces
easy enough to understand
but leaving enough room for
personal insight
that is the wonderful nature of this book.
September 24, 2022
what even was this
October 19, 2021
Live so that death has nothing to steal
A beautiful simple and innocent-looking poetry collection by Brianna Wiest. The poems rings many bells in reference to Wiest other book; 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. The poems, expectedly were mostly on the denser abstract side. The kind that requires some thought and consideration to fathom the point of. I had to section my reading time as not to choke on too large a bite to swallow. Still, there are some poems which I think is too cryptic -even for a guy who reads a lot for Wiest- for the practical purposes.
The topics of the poems revolve around the following, which Wiest mostly resolve around: confidence, awareness, growth, deconstruct then construct, overcoming pain, acceptance, spirituality, connectedness, and the whole similar shebang.
Poems for my current and future self:
A beautiful simple and innocent-looking poetry collection by Brianna Wiest. The poems rings many bells in reference to Wiest other book; 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. The poems, expectedly were mostly on the denser abstract side. The kind that requires some thought and consideration to fathom the point of. I had to section my reading time as not to choke on too large a bite to swallow. Still, there are some poems which I think is too cryptic -even for a guy who reads a lot for Wiest- for the practical purposes.
The topics of the poems revolve around the following, which Wiest mostly resolve around: confidence, awareness, growth, deconstruct then construct, overcoming pain, acceptance, spirituality, connectedness, and the whole similar shebang.
Poems for my current and future self:
You are so busy standing in your ruins
That you are not building a new city
When you heal yourself
You heal everyone
When you're reaping a harvest
You can feed everyone
Don't let anyone tell you
That taking care of yourself is selfish
It's the only path
To enlightening the whole
There are no deadlines for your life
You don't have to pull the magic out of you
By some particular point in time
It is never too late for a miracle
The right time for anything to happen is now
Growth is our homeostasis
And everything is done for its purpose
What are you going to do
When you finally move on
When this last thing that needs to be fixed is fixed
And the worry subsides
And the problem is over
Like the dozens that preceded it
What will you do next?
That's what you should be doing now
Your mind is fire
It can heat your house
Or burn it to the ground
It is not the unknown
But the past you are projecting
Into it
Usually the fate you fear most
Is the one you're imposing on yourself now
You're not afraid that it will happen
You're afraid you'll never get out
We need sages and scientists to expand the human mind
And we need to intersect grace and reason
Healing is not fixing
It is just the process of remembering
That everything was always okay
The strange burden of being an intuitive
In a world that's still asleep
Is that to be so sensitive that you can perceive what's wrong
Makes you feel like everything is yours to fix
Nothing in the universe is broken without reason
Nature doesn't work that way
Stars collapse and become supernovas
Seasons cycle to purge and renew
Your life will not break you without purpose
lf you are opening to your rebirth
This is the crucifixion before you resurrect
A miracle
ls not a rare interventiopn
It is a restoration of perception
It's not awe-inducing
It's commonplace
The only problem is
When you think it's not
Everybody in your life is an assignment
And the project is not to fix them,
It's to change you
Maybe you keep creating problems
Because it means you can express and witness
Your inner power
Maybe you are not addicted to the darkness
But in playing with your light
Being truly fulfilled
Is an impenetrable shield
There is no resistance to an insult
There is no need for someone to approve
There exists such a deep joy
And nobody else's words put it there
So nobody else's words can take it away
Sometimes you will go through darkness,
And that is the end of the sentence
It was a dark winter, and nothing more
You sank and you purged
And you didn't understand why you laid in sadness
Sometimes you don't need to know why
You only need to go through it
January 1, 2024
⭐⭐
📗 In Brianna Wiest's Salt Water, the blend of poetry and self-help presents unique perspectives, though they often diverge from deeper, traditional understandings of God.
💭 Wiest's depiction of God, especially in her statement, "As though God is someone who wants to be worshiped. I don't trust a God who needs to be worshiped to grant salvation. That sounds a lot like the kind of boyfriends my mom warned me about," shows a lack of understanding of the nature of worship in various religions. In these faiths, such as Islam (which is submission to the only one true God), worship is not about fulfilling any needs of God, as the concept of need implies deficiency, which is impossible for the Almighty Creator. God is free of needs, self-sufficient (Al-Ghani), and all-powerful (Al-Qadir). Worship in Islam is an act of acknowledging God's supreme power and expressing gratitude, recognizing that the only true God deserves to be worshiped.
🤔 The book does contain some interesting quotes, such as "Pain is often a signal that you've ceased creating in your life..."
In summary, Salt Water offers an interesting perspective, but it receives a 2 to 2.5-star rating from me due to its superficial approach to spiritual concepts, particularly the nature of God as understood in various religious traditions.
⭐⭐
📗 In Brianna Wiest's Salt Water, the blend of poetry and self-help presents unique perspectives, though they often diverge from deeper, traditional understandings of God.
💭 Wiest's depiction of God, especially in her statement, "As though God is someone who wants to be worshiped. I don't trust a God who needs to be worshiped to grant salvation. That sounds a lot like the kind of boyfriends my mom warned me about," shows a lack of understanding of the nature of worship in various religions. In these faiths, such as Islam (which is submission to the only one true God), worship is not about fulfilling any needs of God, as the concept of need implies deficiency, which is impossible for the Almighty Creator. God is free of needs, self-sufficient (Al-Ghani), and all-powerful (Al-Qadir). Worship in Islam is an act of acknowledging God's supreme power and expressing gratitude, recognizing that the only true God deserves to be worshiped.
🤔 The book does contain some interesting quotes, such as "Pain is often a signal that you've ceased creating in your life..."
In summary, Salt Water offers an interesting perspective, but it receives a 2 to 2.5-star rating from me due to its superficial approach to spiritual concepts, particularly the nature of God as understood in various religious traditions.
⭐⭐
June 23, 2023
“𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗦𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗨𝗻𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱. 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵. 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.”
we are always scared on taking risk or making decisions. we often think that we might make mistakes and cannot undo what we’ve done. but in reality—take that risk or not, there will always be consequences in every decisions and actions we made/did. no one knows which is the right or wrong path unless we took risk knowing it. it’s okay to make mistakes because that can help us grow and learn. Our mistakes will never define us. it took me years to realize that there are good things in making mistakes or in failures, it also means that we can actually try and apply all the lessons we’ve learned from that experience. So the next time we take that chance, we will know what move we're gonna make and take for us to keep moving forward.
of all Brianna Wiest’s books, I guess this one got me disconnected on some parts. don’t get me wrong, from her previous books that i’ve read—i’m still not used to poetry. But overall, she’s still my favorite author when it comes to self-discovery.
we are always scared on taking risk or making decisions. we often think that we might make mistakes and cannot undo what we’ve done. but in reality—take that risk or not, there will always be consequences in every decisions and actions we made/did. no one knows which is the right or wrong path unless we took risk knowing it. it’s okay to make mistakes because that can help us grow and learn. Our mistakes will never define us. it took me years to realize that there are good things in making mistakes or in failures, it also means that we can actually try and apply all the lessons we’ve learned from that experience. So the next time we take that chance, we will know what move we're gonna make and take for us to keep moving forward.
of all Brianna Wiest’s books, I guess this one got me disconnected on some parts. don’t get me wrong, from her previous books that i’ve read—i’m still not used to poetry. But overall, she’s still my favorite author when it comes to self-discovery.
April 7, 2022
I WAS going to give this a 3/3.5 however I did not.
here's a list of things I want to address
1. some pages only had one line ... in THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE?!! that's a lot of wasted paper for no reason.
2. the questions asked in said one-liner are meant to be "deep" but feel like the very early 2000s trying to be "woke"
3. there's seems to be an odd relationship with God, it feels hostile but it's not bringing me to the conclusion maybe ...just maybe its religious trauma.
4. there were not many pages that made me stop and rethink or even engrave them in my mind.
with that being said here's my favorite poem and the reason for the 4 stars
" your nature is not stasis
it is movement
the earth does not look at itself and say,
"I am perfect I am done"
nature's objective is not to complete
but to re-become
again, and again."
I just love the setup of these lines it's just so beautiful
I would like to disagree that the earth does say it's perfect and done.
the earth does think all is perfect and done just not finished...not completed, I think the earth knows even the most perfect thing still can be evolved and be something much greater than expected.
here's a list of things I want to address
1. some pages only had one line ... in THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE?!! that's a lot of wasted paper for no reason.
2. the questions asked in said one-liner are meant to be "deep" but feel like the very early 2000s trying to be "woke"
3. there's seems to be an odd relationship with God, it feels hostile but it's not bringing me to the conclusion maybe ...just maybe its religious trauma.
4. there were not many pages that made me stop and rethink or even engrave them in my mind.
with that being said here's my favorite poem and the reason for the 4 stars
" your nature is not stasis
it is movement
the earth does not look at itself and say,
"I am perfect I am done"
nature's objective is not to complete
but to re-become
again, and again."
I just love the setup of these lines it's just so beautiful
I would like to disagree that the earth does say it's perfect and done.
the earth does think all is perfect and done just not finished...not completed, I think the earth knows even the most perfect thing still can be evolved and be something much greater than expected.
March 23, 2022
Salt Water is a collection that tackles self- love, finding your strength within, and addressing what healing really means. I had an up and down experience where some poems hit hard and others that didn’t stick with me. I think it’s worth the read if any of the topics sound intriguing. Below are some highlights for me.
“You are so busy standing in your ruins
That you are not building a new city.”
“Evolution is divinity at work
We are nature made aware of itself
Science is the most spiritual pursuit
To learn the patchwork of existence
Is to understand ourselves.”
“Everybody in your life is an assignment
And the project is not to fix them,
It’s to change you.”
“Healing is not fixing
It is just the process of remembering
That everything was always okay.”
“You are so busy standing in your ruins
That you are not building a new city.”
“Evolution is divinity at work
We are nature made aware of itself
Science is the most spiritual pursuit
To learn the patchwork of existence
Is to understand ourselves.”
“Everybody in your life is an assignment
And the project is not to fix them,
It’s to change you.”
“Healing is not fixing
It is just the process of remembering
That everything was always okay.”
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