Author: Mariana Rodrigues Cabral
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look at the stars…
I’ve always been enamored with the sky. I’ve looked up to the stars and to the moon for answers in moments of crisis and felt held by the infiniteness of our universe more times than I can count. I think of the stars as a reminder of how connected we are to something far greater…
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Willow Tree
I’m all hair and moodiness like a willow tree. With deep roots known for their toughness and tenacity to live, I’m still standing. I remember the first time I ever saw a weeping willow. I must’ve been five years old. I thought those long tangled branches could open like a curtain into a magic portal…
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For My Eyes
When I close the blinds and prying eyes don’t look inside an ease of my strokes is much easier to find…
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Never Alone
don’t fear quiet and wish for filled spaces. your head doesn’t have to be hell if you use it well. solitude can be solace, emptiness whole. in the presence of everything you’re never alone…
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Let Go
“There’s beauty in the breakdown.” From the time I was about ten years old, Imogen Heap’s lyrics have taken life’s most difficult concepts and translated them in a way that makes sense. The quote above is from an electronic group called Frou Frou, and I listened to every song in their “Details” album until they…
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Pear Tree
When time travel comes to mind, I think of moments I’d return to rather than specific dates. I would try on feelings and memories again like an old pair of pants that haven’t fit for many years. Maybe I’d return to when I used to pick pears from the tree that towered over my yard,…
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the stirrings of something new
Phantom limbs ache far more than wounded flesh. Don’t put trust in the physical, futile things. Linger on silver silhouettes and deep belly whispers. Things most true can’t be seen but felt. Can’t you tell?…
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An Opening
Do you ever catch glimpses of the sun between dark patches of old? When the world opens up for you like a woman and shows you the way. Suddenly every road, every stone is a gift to unfold…
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Why I Finally Caved and Made a YouTube Channel
YouTube’s been a friend to me for years, through the growing pains of high school with beauty gurus and vloggers helping me feel seen and into adulthood with art and spiritual channels inspiring me to find my own voice. It’s been both a place to shut out my real life by getting lost in someone…