Tag: body

• Check In With Your Body

  It’s okay if you take some time to think. Do you want to do someone that favor? Can you afford to give them money? Do you want to? You don’t need to answer the phone right away. You don’t need to respond to the email right away. You don’t have to say yes before checking […]

  Angelica Flores

  May 31, 2022

  Diary

  Advice, body

• All Mine

  I lay topless on most days  I feel the fabric of the bedsheet on my skin I open the window to let the breeze in  And I watch my skin turn into chicken skin When I take a deep breath I watch my chest rise and come back down I listen to the sound of […]

  Angelica Flores

  May 9, 2022

  Poetry

  #healing, body, poem, Poetry, self-discovery, self-love, skin, survivor

• I Dipped Myself In Love

  I dipped myself in love And I came out glistening I smiled wide and moved my body Every movement had a purpose I walked straight and tall A confidence consumed my body Even what I hated about myself Recieved compliments from my very own lips I held myself for a while and said a little […]

  Angelica Flores

  December 8, 2021

  Poetry

  #poet, body, chicana writer, compliments, God, joy, latina writer, love, love poem, movement, poem, poems, Poetry, reflections, self-love, soul, storytelling, xicana writer

• Too Much

  I get anxious when there is silence because I know that my heart will shriek at the tops of its lungs, angry that I never let it speak, desperate to talk to me about everything we are going through. My heart… I named her Too Much. Well Too Much will remind me that I am […]

  Angelica Flores

  November 10, 2021

  Storytelling

  avoidance, body, body image, Creative writing, emotional, Emotional health, Emotions, grieving, Loss, Mental Health, Past, processing emotions, self-esteem, storytelling, too much