So many good lines in what feels like a mantra we should say to ourselves whenever we enter a moment of self-doubt or feel shame rearing its ugly head.
But this - "I am interested in being undeniably alive." is the crux of it for me. Why take or be interested in anything less!
utanΓ§ kavramΔ±nΔ±n ve toplumsal baskΔ±larΔ±n insan ruhunu nasΔ±l yavaΕΓ§a sΓΆndΓΌrdΓΌΔΓΌnΓΌ bu kadar gΓΌΓ§lΓΌ ve cesur bir dille anlatmak gerΓ§ekten sarsΔ±cΔ±
yΔ±llarca edep olgunluk ya da iyilik adΔ± altΔ±nda bize dayatΔ±lan o sessizliΔin aslΔ±nda kendimizden vazgeΓ§iΕ olduΔunu o kadar berrak gΓΆzler ΓΆnΓΌne sermiΕsin ki reddediΕin ve ΓΆzΓΌne dΓΆnme haykΔ±rΔ±ΕΔ±nΔ±n her satΔ±rΔ± insanΔ± kalbinden vuruyor
saklanan engellenen ve bastΔ±rΔ±lan tΓΌm parΓ§alarΔ±nΔ± geri Γ§aΔΔ±rΔ±p kendi varlΔ±ΔΔ±na ve deΔerine sahip Γ§Δ±kma hali mΓΌthiΕ bir ΓΆzgΓΌrleΕme ve bΓΌyΓΌk bir uyanΔ±Ε kalbinize ve cesur kaleminize saΔlΔ±k
Ami, βWe gave beautiful names to the slow disappearance of ourselvesβ reveals how shame can borrow the language of virtue until self-erasure feels like maturity, goodness, or love. Your repeated βReturnβ changes the poem from indictment into summons, calling each exiled part back into the body that learned to survive by folding smaller. The final remembering carries spiritual force: worth becomes difficult to manipulate once a person stops outsourcing permission for her own aliveness. Thank you for writing reclamation as a homecoming fierce enough to break inheritance before it reaches another generation.
I sat with this and read it several times, Rev. It fills me with joy to experience it through your perspective. Thank you for witnessing and holding this with such reverence.ππ«
Ami, knowing you returned to my response several times tells me the reading offered a new vantage point on work you already knew from the inside. That is one of writingβs sacred exchanges: the author creates from lived truth, and a careful reader can return a facet of that truth illuminated from another angle. Your joy assures me the response honored both the poemβs fierceness and the person who carried it into language. Thank you for letting me know the care reached you as care.
We need to be ourselves because this is what it means to be alive and have the human experience! Thank you dear feminine goddess that you are! π₯Ήβ€οΈβπ₯π
I loved this so much! ππΌππΌππΌππΌ
beautiful
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<3
Show me that you arenβt ashamed of me. Show me you trust me to hold any shame you carry. Show me you trust me enough to give me more
Love love love this π
Thank you so much beautiful soul.ππ₯°
Oooohh Yeah, Ami!
"Remember who the fuck I am" - LOVE IT!
So many good lines in what feels like a mantra we should say to ourselves whenever we enter a moment of self-doubt or feel shame rearing its ugly head.
But this - "I am interested in being undeniably alive." is the crux of it for me. Why take or be interested in anything less!
A great piece!
Love all of this, Mark π
Yes, I would love for people to take parts and hold them in their heart, when needed.
There is no other way to be other than, undeniably aliveβ¦not once you know!π
Thank you ππ«
utanΓ§ kavramΔ±nΔ±n ve toplumsal baskΔ±larΔ±n insan ruhunu nasΔ±l yavaΕΓ§a sΓΆndΓΌrdΓΌΔΓΌnΓΌ bu kadar gΓΌΓ§lΓΌ ve cesur bir dille anlatmak gerΓ§ekten sarsΔ±cΔ±
yΔ±llarca edep olgunluk ya da iyilik adΔ± altΔ±nda bize dayatΔ±lan o sessizliΔin aslΔ±nda kendimizden vazgeΓ§iΕ olduΔunu o kadar berrak gΓΆzler ΓΆnΓΌne sermiΕsin ki reddediΕin ve ΓΆzΓΌne dΓΆnme haykΔ±rΔ±ΕΔ±nΔ±n her satΔ±rΔ± insanΔ± kalbinden vuruyor
saklanan engellenen ve bastΔ±rΔ±lan tΓΌm parΓ§alarΔ±nΔ± geri Γ§aΔΔ±rΔ±p kendi varlΔ±ΔΔ±na ve deΔerine sahip Γ§Δ±kma hali mΓΌthiΕ bir ΓΆzgΓΌrleΕme ve bΓΌyΓΌk bir uyanΔ±Ε kalbinize ve cesur kaleminize saΔlΔ±k
This is such a beautiful reflection, Cemil. I deeply appreciate your words. Thank you so much for sharing.ππ«
rica ederim gΓΌzel ruh
hislerin ve kelimelerin birbirine karΔ±ΕtΔ±ΔΔ± bu ortak alanda kalpten kalbe bir baΔ kurabilmek benim iΓ§in Γ§ok deΔerli
kendi iΓ§sel yolculuΔunu ve Δ±ΕΔ±ΔΔ±nΔ± bu kadar iΓ§tenlikle paylaΕtΔ±ΔΔ±n iΓ§in asΔ±l ben teΕekkΓΌr ederim
Aww, itβs such an honour and pleasure, beautiful soul. Iβm so grateful you felt it.ππ«
Aseβ.
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Ami, βWe gave beautiful names to the slow disappearance of ourselvesβ reveals how shame can borrow the language of virtue until self-erasure feels like maturity, goodness, or love. Your repeated βReturnβ changes the poem from indictment into summons, calling each exiled part back into the body that learned to survive by folding smaller. The final remembering carries spiritual force: worth becomes difficult to manipulate once a person stops outsourcing permission for her own aliveness. Thank you for writing reclamation as a homecoming fierce enough to break inheritance before it reaches another generation.
I sat with this and read it several times, Rev. It fills me with joy to experience it through your perspective. Thank you for witnessing and holding this with such reverence.ππ«
Ami, knowing you returned to my response several times tells me the reading offered a new vantage point on work you already knew from the inside. That is one of writingβs sacred exchanges: the author creates from lived truth, and a careful reader can return a facet of that truth illuminated from another angle. Your joy assures me the response honored both the poemβs fierceness and the person who carried it into language. Thank you for letting me know the care reached you as care.
I agree with every wild word β€οΈβπ₯β€οΈβπ₯β€οΈβπ₯β€οΈβπ₯
Amen, sister π«π
We need to be ourselves because this is what it means to be alive and have the human experience! Thank you dear feminine goddess that you are! π₯Ήβ€οΈβπ₯π
Yes ππ½ Thank you beautiful soul.ππ«π€
The most isolating emotion there is. Amazing writing! ππ»
Thank you so much. And yes, shame felt so isolating, festering in the underbelly of my life.π«π
This was written so beautifully and thank you for being willing to bare your soul to usπππππππΆπΆπΆ
Aww itβs such an honour. Thank you so much.ππ€π«
Gotta love this. Shame was projected onto me as a young age and I still fight the impact it had on my life. Beautiful and powerful, Ami. Thank you!
I resonate. It is time to free ourselves from the shackles of shame. Love you.ππ₯°π«
So beautifully composed. The words deeply resonated with me. Thank you.
Iβm so grateful it resonates.ππ«π€
Love this Ami π
Thank you glorious soul ππ€
ππππ this deeply, deeply resonates. This is what Iβve been healing. I feel this reclamation.
Yes ππ½ this is a deep reclamation, I feel it soul sister.ππ«