"May all of the strength/ you are gathering here/ collapse like waves/ on top of the fears," she wrote. All Along You Were Blooming is the ultimate love letter from the pen of popular Instagram poet Morgan Harper Nichols to your mind, heart, soul, and body.On Instagram morganharpernicols, Morgan has over a million followers.
"I am glad, through everything, you are able to stand on the other side of the pain now," she wrote. Harper Nichols wrote a poem to "B," who messaged her with a story about something that happened to her. "It is never too much/ for Light to step in/ strengthening your soul/ again and again," reads the poem. "For this water is not stagnant./it runs into the river," she wrote.Īnother poem is addressed to "R," who Harper Nichols describes as "so young" and with "the weight of so many things" on their shoulders. "She is slowly becoming/ who she is meant to be," writes Harper Nichols.Īnother poem is dedicated to "S" who wrote to Harper Nichols about "dealing with a lot at school."
"One day, you will look back/ and see that all along/ you were blooming," writes Harper Nichols.Īnother poem is addressed to 8th grader "T" (aged around 14 or 15) who told Harper Nichols she will "never be normal" and feels like she's "unworthy of love and support." One of her poems is addressed to "O" a teenage girl who sent her story about being lonely and having no friends. The stories are kept anonymous, but Harper Nichols shares some context for each poem so readers can gain a sense of its deeper meaning. Her project forms part of her overarching aim to write a million poems to strangers during her lifetime. Morgan Harper Nichols (opens in a new tab) sent out a request on Twitter for people to send her their stories so she can write a personalised poem inspired by them. As his grandma used to say, in order for a garden to truly bloom, you have to give it space to grow.Artist 'fixes' sexual misconduct apology statements, turning them into painfully honest poems Noticing that there was someone in front of you all along, takes something changing to open your eyes.īig supposes almost dying is a pretty good example of radical life changes, though that was just the beginning.
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