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[Camilla Zee]

Em, your poetry always touches me. None more so than this collection, which has me weeping. It lays bare the soul, even my own.

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much, Camilla 😭🖤 your support always means so much to me. I appreciate this comment more than you know! I was especially nervous to post this one. 💗

[Ged]

Someone said, (Larkin, I think?) poetry emerges when emotion, thought, imagination, and verbal rhythm collide. Thank you for sharing your very personal story and hopefully this is a positive part of a cathartic journey. Take care. Keep posting😀

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much, Ged! Your support of my work means a lot ☺️

[Elijah Westin]

You've made it through the part a lot of people dont: realizing why you're avoidant

It's a tough road from here but I believe you will achieve everything you are seeking..

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you 🫶 this was quite some time ago, 2022! I’ve had healthy and secure relationships since than and am more secure than avoidant now, but will probably always be “avoidant flavored” 😂

Genuinely grateful for the support. This was a hard post. The shame doesn’t go away, but it changes into something malleable, rather than a brick wall I can’t move past.

[Elijah Westin]

I genuinely think posting about it and being open about it helps a lot too.

I have a bit of abandonment wound flavor myself so I can relate

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

It does absolutely. Opening up to others challenges the internal narrative 💯

[Tianna Diamond]

Felt this one in my chest, Em! I think it’s beautiful that you’re able to see your own pattern so clearly. That’s how you know you’re growing. So you’re right, it does die here. Great piece! So happy you shared this with us. I can relate to a lot of what you shared. ❤️

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much 😭💗 the support means a lot to me. Even after time and progress, it can be tough to be honest about who we were.

[Nimila]

Wow, Em. I'm so touched by your writing. So honest and painful and vulnerable. Time passing, one date after another, yet the events are carved into memories indelible. I get a sense of fleeting life events that are anything but ephemeral. A reminder of powerful the act of writing is. Thank you for sharing something so personal, Em. ❤️

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much 💗💗💗

[Vicious Perspective]

I like the grandma part. you taking care of her. but no one taking care of you.

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you 💗 yeah, that hyperindependence is quite the force of nature…

[pen n. bolsillo]

i’m feeling this self-reflective process. the payoff: authentic redemption. thank you for sharing.

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much. This comment means a lot 🙏

[Jay Myser]

when a ghost passes away

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

That made me chuckle 😆

Thank you for reading.

[Greg McKee]

Posting this was important Em, it’s important for you to tell people, it’s important for others to read. Im glad you are healing. Much respect to you ❤️‍🩹

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much, Greg. Your support is deeply appreciated, always. 🫶

[Greg McKee]

Always x

[Desten Tyler Morgan]

Wonderfully vulnerable read. Thank you for sharing this!

[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Thank you so much 🫶🖤 the support means a lot!

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[voidlight alchemy (em)]

Everything is easier than being a human with feelings.

Thanks for reading 🫶