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Tracey B's avatar

👏🏻 Your truth is an inspiration & I feel honoured that you share your journey through pen to paper 🙏🏻 Thank you

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Blake Auden's avatar

Thank you so much

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Jen's avatar

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing. ❤

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Blake Auden's avatar

Thank you!

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Lili Partizpanyan's avatar

This touched my heart.❤️❤️❤️

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Blake Auden's avatar

Thank you, truly

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Sandra's avatar

This is written so honest and open, it leaves me speechless and in awe.

Thank you! And if you won’t accept it for bravery, then for giving hope. For being such a great example - for showing the possibility to transform the dark and frightening experiences you made in life into something beautiful like your poetry. It makes me feel confident that surviving may one day transform into knowing how to live again.

And whatever it is that you decide to share now or in the future, that you decide to leave behind in this world for us to read or to hear (in whatever form it may be), be assured it leaves a mark and has the power to change lives. ❤️

(I’m not a talented writer and English is not my native language, so sorry if my words don’t make sense like yours do)

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Blake Auden's avatar

Your words do make sense, and they're beautiful.

Thank you so much for the kind words, and for the support - your comment really did mean a lot to me x

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Amy Ruxton's avatar

This was such a explorative piece and I know can’t be easy to share. I’ve often been told by people I’m the strongest they know after what I’ve been through but I’ve never felt anything other than on the brink of breaking. There’s no medal for being brave, for beating our demons it’s just simply we must. Being reintroduced to poetry in a way saved me this past year and more specifically your poetry. And my writing brings me purpose each day. Thank you for just being you.

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Blake Auden's avatar

It wasn't easy, but I'm starting to feel like that's a good measure of whether or not I should share it. If it's hard for me to say, then it's probably hard for others, too - and I think I have a responsibility to talk about the things that are difficult.

The last part of your comment really meant a lot to me Amy. Thank you for always being so kind and supportive, and I believe writing really does have the ability to save us x

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Anita's avatar

Thanks, that i can be in love with your soul❤️

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Blake Auden's avatar

Thank you

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