Kelsi Smoak

Joined September 2018

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Stay at home wife & mama navigating life with a sailor’s mouth & permanent messy bun 💙 Working towards finding inner peace, loving myself, and healing from trauma through writing.

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The Sun Is Shining
The sun is out today! In my mind, that is. The sun is shining in my brain and I’m doing okay. It’s been 7 whole years. 7 years of darkness. My mind has been dark and lonely, but now the sun is shining here.
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Poets
Racing
My mind is racing Racing thoughts are racing through my mind and I cannot contain them. Don’t get too close! Don’t look too hard
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Poets
All Monsters Wear Masks. Content Warning.
He was supposed to love me. He was supposed to protect and take care of me. He was supposed to be fun, strong, encouraging, dependable, loving, and wise.
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Psyche
Reach. Content Warning.
Faith. It’s such a tricky word, isn’t it? How can you have faith in something you can’t even see? Can’t touch it or hold it, or even feel it.
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Motivation
Fifteen 💛
I can’t believe you’re Fifteen, I remember when you were 2! I’d hoped you’d Never Grow Up; Now, I hope you never Change because you have Style and A Perfectly Good Heart.
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Poets
She’s Homeless. Content Warning.
She’s homeless. It’s been 10 months since I made the incredibly difficult but necessary decision to go no contact with my abusive, narcissistic mother and she is still homeless.
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Families
It’s Midnight. Content Warning.
I’m lying here awake. It’s midnight. And I am lying here awake. Not for lack of trying. I just can’t shut it off. My brain. My stupid brain.
By Kelsi Smoakabout a year ago in Poets
A Sister Is Your First Friend & Second Mother
I love you. How can I make that phrase bigger to accurately express the enormous meaning behind it? I say it often, and you say it back. But do you even realize how much I mean it?
By Kelsi Smoak2 years ago in Families
Everyone is lying. Content Warning.
For the first time in my 31 years of life, I am in therapy. It's something I should have started years ago, as a child really, so I'm actually very excited to be on this new venture. My therapist told me to try journaling to help me process everything that's come to light and the Vocal community is kind of like a form of journaling, right?
By Kelsi Smoak2 years ago in Families
Empty
You saved me from a darkness no one could see; a battle being fought inside of me Their words were the fuel that set the house on fire; I was just the ash leftover
By Kelsi Smoak2 years ago in Poets
Victims to Victorious. Content Warning.
Adolescence is stained Burnt-orange, rust-colored disdain Chaos filled memories Distorted realities Emotional abuse scarred in our souls
By Kelsi Smoak2 years ago in Poets
It's Okay to Have an Opinion. Top Story - September 2018.
If you've ever been expecting a baby, then you're familiar with the question. The first one that everyone, even strangers, will ask. The question on everyone's mind; the answer they're obsessed with knowing. Are you having a boy or a girl? Followed up with, "Which do you want?"
By Kelsi Smoak7 years ago in Families

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The Sun Is Shining

Racing

All Monsters Wear Masks. Content Warning.

Reach. Content Warning.

Fifteen 💛

She’s Homeless. Content Warning.

It’s Midnight. Content Warning.

A Sister Is Your First Friend & Second Mother

Everyone is lying. Content Warning.

Empty

Victims to Victorious. Content Warning.

It's Okay to Have an Opinion. Top Story - September 2018.

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