Starve

January 27, 2015

Oh starvation, sweet sister of death, Avoidance of famine the societal norm, Continue to fill yourself, until you’ve had enough… Or perhaps a bit more than enough… Ingest until you can no longer feel, Finding comfort underneath layers of accumulation, Stuff, food, things, objects, people, thoughts… Layer after layer, Burden yourself with extremes, Let go…

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Grains of Sand

July 2, 2014

If you wanna be a star, you don’t gotta search too far, ’cause you’re made of stars. I know that might be hard, to comprehend in your brain, that the big-bang was screaming your name when it all began… How many grains of sand are at the beach? Each so unique; if you take the…

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Stardust

June 21, 2014

I’ve been fantasizing… Kundalini rising, Unlocking the snake on my sac— Rum, no alcohol, I’m what you call- A yogi, I schmooze, no need for the booze, Hi, my name is Shayna and I’m kind of insane, uh- Vegetable obsessed, hippie but well-dressed, Happy way too much, I have never heard of such… A smoothie…

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Becoming Human

June 9, 2014

So, I sat down to write a piece about my past journey with an eating disorder (orthorexia) and how I cured myself and transformed my life. I had intentions of documenting my journey in logical, comprehensive language. Then I stumbled across this quote by Plato: ‘Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.’ So this…

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