I keep being reminded that this life doesn’t last too long and while I’m thinking about what I can buy to make a home, I’m forgetting to look up and enjoy the company in my life
I am loved but I’m so used to doing things on my own that it’s hard to invite people into my life when I’m not well
There’s a difference between needing alone time and isolating yourself
Isolation can be damaging
Alone time is necessary but so is community
One can balance both
Except I haven’t been able to and I know I’m making mistakes left and right but I can’t ask for the support that I need right now
I’m hoping to move from isolation to community eventually

Angelica

Angelica Flores is a poet, writer, storyteller, and blogger from Stockton, California and is currently living in Monterey, California. Her work has been published in Joaquin Magazine, the Collegian Newspaper, Exist(ir), Hispanecdotes, Scran Press and more. She has also performed her poetry in multiple venues in the Central Valley, Sacramento, and Monterey County. Angelica has written social justice curriculum for non-profits and is a mental health advocate. She believes that healing is possible through storytelling and poetry.

Angelica Flores