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Spoken Word #2 - Sheep
Hey there, and welcome back to Spoken Word. This poem is titled Sheep . I was inspired to write this poem by recent events in my life surrounding my deconstruction from Christianity. Something I was told often by my parents and religious leaders was not to be a “sheep”, not to follow the herd of nonbelievers down the “wide path of destruction”. I always found that odd, because I am no stranger to scripture and I know that passages such as Psalm 23 endearingly refer to God as
Alexandra Pacheco
Oct 1, 20254 min read


Spoken Word #1 - Rupture
Hey there and welcome to Spoken Word, where I share my poetry with you lovely folks. Today’s poem is titled Rupture . This poem is particularly emotional for me (as you can quite literally hear my voice quaking towards the end…) because I wrote it detailing my own experiences from the perspective of a woman in an image I saw when I was at my sickest suffering from bulimia nervosa. The woman had died naked, kneeling on the ground and slumped over the toilet. She died of gastri
Alexandra Pacheco
Sep 22, 20252 min read


The Adulting JOURNAL
Hey there and welcome back to In The Making, where I ramble on and on about my current projects which are in the works. So, as I...
Alexandra Pacheco
Sep 15, 20252 min read
Bulimia Nervosa: A Poem
Hey there and welcome back to Growing Pains! Today’s post is actually another poem! (Throwback to To Dog: A Poem By Me ) However, unlike...
Alexandra Pacheco
Sep 2, 20253 min read
Public: Why Did No One Tell Me
Submission by: Molly, Washington As a teen girl with autism and anxiety, I struggle with change. And what more significant change is...
Alexandra Pacheco
Aug 11, 20252 min read
To Dog: A Poem by Me
Hey there, and welcome once again to Life, Unfiltered! Rolling right into another slightly different post than my usual content, I have...
Alexandra Pacheco
Mar 31, 20252 min read
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