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kaje jasper wildz “Guilt Says I Made a Mistake”

by Jessica Suzanne Stokes
On a background of twisting crimson, gold, and purple flames, the following poem is written in a typewriter font: guilt says 'i made a mistake' shame says 'i am a mistake' that realization Just hit me all over so i knew i had to share it it's this concept, well whole ass belief for us, that we embody shameful existences yet none of us are shameful, who we are is inherently worthy and deserving of pleasure, joy and safety. we absolutely deserve to take up our needed space simply because we are alive we exist therefore we are wholly worthy feels hard as shit to believe most of the time. but it's a starting point to reframing language in the internal asshole brain department fighting back against this brain injury that just has further perpetuated itself healing doesn't have an end point but rather lil pit stops along the way to better understanding and fuller days of love, compassion, joy and deeper emotions even as much as they are wretchedly painful
On a background of twisting crimson, gold, and purple flames, the following poem is written in a typewriter font: guilt says ‘i made a mistake’ shame says ‘i am a mistake’ that realization Just hit me all over so i knew i had to share it it’s this concept, well whole ass belief for us, that we embody shameful existences yet none of us are shameful, who we are is inherently worthy and deserving of pleasure, joy and safety. we absolutely deserve to take up our needed space simply because we are alive we exist therefore we are wholly worthy feels hard as shit to believe most of the time. but it’s a starting point to reframing language in the internal asshole brain department fighting back against this brain injury that just has further perpetuated itself healing doesn’t have an end point but rather lil pit stops along the way to better understanding and fuller days of love, compassion, joy and deeper emotions even as much as they are wretchedly painful