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Bitter Cocoa Butter Kisses & and my experience writing it
In November 2020 I decided to try something new. I’ve been obsessing over this poem “An Open Letter to My Depression” by Tonia Ingram ever since I saw it when I was seventeen or so, that’s how I found Button Poetry. Back then I thought I was completely incapable of writing poetry, I knew almost…
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Burnout
Burnout Burnout to me has always been a “grown up” syndrome. I pictured a man in a suit, holding his briefcase, wearing a dapper black hat, with dark circles around his eyes, and a flask of whiskey hidden in his suit’s pocket. I pictured burnout as something that would never reach me, a 26 year…
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Diaries of a Madwoman
June 22, Illinois, USA I was seventeen a couple of weeks ago, then I woke up and I was twenty six. Chances are that I’m not okay, in fact, chances are I’ll never be okay as I was a few weeks ago. I exist and I will keep existing until life runs out of me,…
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I regret quitting smoking.
8 days ago I quit smoking. I was leaving a Chinese buffet with my boyfriend, I was lighting a cigarette when I noticed a vape store and decided to do some exploring. I tried one vape and it tasted better than cigarettes, it tasted like candy, so I switched to vaping instead of smoking. Yes,…
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#DontBeDave
Do not send @davewestfall_1 any hate or Cyber bully him, both are unethical and condemned by Alice Almeida (also known as @LovinSunshine97, author of this post). A quick introduction to Twitter’s #WritingComunity Twitter is a social media network for all kinds of people. All one has to do is search through accounts and hashtags to…
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Diaries of a Madwoman
Alton, Illinois (August 8, 2022) It’s been some crazy couple of weeks, but I’m on a mission to share my story with y’all! So, where were we? Oh yes! The mouse in the “hotel”! My mother called maintenance and the guy showed up with some sticky paper. He just casually lays it all on the…
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Diaries of a Madwoman
Alton, Illinois (July 30, 2022) Where should I start my story? I’ve been posting so many short updates on Instagram, I don’t even know where the begging is anymore. Well, I guess I’m going to start at an ending then… I was at the Guarulhos International Airport, my friend @thais drove me and my mom…
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Diaries of a Madwoman
Alton, Illinois (July 14,2022) Where should I start my story? I’ve been posting so many short updates on Instagram, I don’t even know where the begging is anymore. Well, I guess I’m going to start at an ending then… I was at the Guarulhos International Airport, my friend @thais drove me and my mom with…
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Diary of a Madwoman – April 13, 2022
São Paulo, Brazil Somethings are out of my control, and I don’t like that very much (but I suppose know one does!). I’m still trying to shake off the shock of everything that has been happening, and how suddenly I need to to act fast to help my family sell our belongings in order to…
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Diary of a Madwoman – April 11, 2022
São Paulo, Brazil I last week was one mess of a week, and like most messy weeks, it comes with a great story. Starting from the very begging, I was born in São Paulo, Brazil on March 24th, 1997, but I was raised in a sheltered from the culture of the country where I lived.…