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Volume 1: A Journal of Being Human – Buy Now!
Volume 2: A Study of Shadows – Buy Now!
Volume 3: The Weight of a Memory – Buy Now!
Volume 4: A Study of Truths Unspoken – Buy Now
Volume 5: A Study of Distance – Buy Now
Volume 6: Anatomy of Doubt – Buy Now
Volume 7: A Map of What Remains – Buy Now
Volume 8: A Theory of Falling – Buy Now
Volume 9: A Tether to Tomorrow – Buy Now
Volume 10: A Testament to the Quiet – Buy Now

ks.bleeds.ink

poet. author. artist. writer. painter. dreamer. hopeless romantic
creating a new identity
a fresh start

Night writing, under the stars… tends to spark som Night writing, under the stars… tends to spark something… 

#poetry #writer #life
Trauma is strange like that. The body heals forwa Trauma is strange like that.

The body heals forward.
The mind heals in circles.
they built a doorway inside my body and asked deat they built a doorway
inside my body
and asked death
to wait outside.

I’m still learning how to speak, 
But…

Some things become too big for words.

Like learning your veins
can sound like cathedral bells
when they are emptied long enough.

Like realizing
the body is just a house
that eventually forgets
how to keep the rain out.
Tomorrow is 4 years… and instead of sharing a long Tomorrow is 4 years… and instead of sharing a long piece, I’m just gonna share pieces throughout the day… 

5/15/2022
May 15, 2022… life changed… a part of me died. May 15, 2022... life changed... a part of me died... a new part was born... and I’m still sorting through what was lost and what was gained.

It’s not as easy as you would think.

#kidneydisease #kidneytransplant
Something old. #writingtherapy #poetry #poetsofi Something old. 

#writingtherapy #poetry #poetsofinstagram
From the archives. #poetry #writingtherapy #lovep From the archives.

#poetry #writingtherapy #lovepoem #archives
there’s a window but it doesn’t open just hangs t there’s a window
but it doesn’t open

just hangs there
like a painting
framed in quiet distance

the sky on the other side
too still
too perfect
like it was never meant
to be touched

i catch myself staring at it
longer than i should

like maybe
if i look hard enough
it’ll shift
it’ll breathe
it’ll let me in

or let something out

it reminds me of you
in a way i can’t quite explain

how close you felt
how real
how right

but always just beyond
where my hands could reach

like something meant to be seen
felt
admired

but never fully held

i used to think
if i pressed close enough
if i stayed long enough

the glass would give

that distance
was just an illusion

but it never did

and now i sit here
watching something beautiful
exist without me

again

and i wonder
if you ever felt it too

that strange kind of love

where everything is right there
in front of you

and somehow
still
untouchable

#poetry #writingtherapy #hopelessromantic
There's a shift when quiet stops feeling like abse There's a shift when quiet stops feeling like absence and starts feeling like home... like you finally belong to yourself.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #belonging #selflove #healingjourney #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Stillness can be a homecoming… the place where t Stillness can be a homecoming... the place where truth gets loud enough to hear without being forced.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #stillness #clarity #innerpeace #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Openness isn't about finding immediate answers, it Openness isn't about finding immediate answers, it's about trusting the room you've made to grow.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #openhearted #growth #healing #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Some love doesn't need a spotlight; it proves itse Some love doesn't need a spotlight; it proves itself by staying, listening, and making room for you to breathe.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #love #quietlove #connection #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Peace doesn't have to be earned; sometimes it arri Peace doesn't have to be earned; sometimes it arrives simply because you're ready to stop fighting the moment you're in.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #peace #healingjourney #mindfulness #selfreflection #writingcommunity #poetrylovers
Sometimes life rewrites the map without asking — a Sometimes life rewrites the map without asking — and what feels like loss is really the beginning of something honest.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #healing #change #resilience #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #selfreflection #poetsofinstagram
Not every step is forward; some of the most import Not every step is forward; some of the most important ones are the pauses that let your system relearn safety.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #stillness #healingjourney #selfcare #mindfulness #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Learning to pause and ask honest questions is a ki Learning to pause and ask honest questions is a kind of staying... a quiet return to yourself that changes how you move through every room.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #selfreflection #healingjourney #boundaries #mindfulness #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Presence isn't always easy, but it's where repair Presence isn't always easy, but it's where repair lives and where connection learns to breathe again.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #intimacy #connection #healing #quietstrength #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
Sometimes life rewrites the map without asking — a Sometimes life rewrites the map without asking — and what feels like loss is really the beginning of something honest.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #healing #change #resilience #writingcommunity #poetrylovers #selfreflection #poetsofinstagram
We wait for the perfect moment that never comes. B We wait for the perfect moment that never comes. But readiness isn’t what moves us forward — willingness is.

#ChaosSeries #ScottBurton #ksbleedsink #modernpoetry #growth #courage #healingjourney #writingcommunity #selfreflection #poetrylovers #poetsofinstagram
It ends where it was always meant to — in the quie It ends where it was always meant to — in the quiet.

What started as fragments of journals, half-finished lines, and new reflections became a ten-volume journey through the many facets of being human — the parts we often overlook or carry in silence.

Friday 10/24, that journey comes full circle with Chaos: A Testament to the Quiet — a meditation on stillness, healing, and what remains after the noise.

Read the full release (link in bio) 

#chaos #poetrycommunity #writingtherapy #newbookrelease #authors
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