Posts by Alyssa Coelho
Love Came
Love came Blazing into my life like a California wildfire Setting flames to everything I’d ever known Love came Dancing into my life like a Cuban salsero Tickling my ash into sparks I hadn’t seen in far too long Love came Flooding into my life like a Costa Rican waterfall Nurturing my soil with beauty…
Read MoreA Man Once Told Me
A man once told me I had galaxies in my eyes He said I had the brilliance of a California sunset But told me to never stop chasing the sunrise A man once told me my most precious asset was my light He said that life would be tough but that was to be my…
Read MoreMadness
“Let there be no doubt: all love connections are not created equal. Some bonds are simply practical. Others are blindly rooted in pathology and old traumas. Still others are opportunities to heal and have essential needs finally met. And some… have a mystical quality from the first meeting. Pure and simple. Apparent from the first…
Read MoreBeware Of The Poets
Beware of the Poets. Oh, how I pity their victims, The poor souls of their inspiration. How I envy the words The ink that will be poured over endless pages About the love won, The love lose, The love exchanged. What wretched leeches they are, Stealing inspiration from things that aren’t theirs to have. And…
Read MoreBest Seller Anniversary
2 years ago today, I decided to write my book, to share my poetry – my journey. 1 year ago today, I actually did it. Celebrating CHOSEN’s 1 year anniversary & all the awesome supporters in my life who made it possible. — FLASHBACK — Wait, did I just write a book? November of 2015…
Read MoreBeats Words
“What I feel for you can’t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; it either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise… it beats words” ~ Katherine Mansfield
Read MoreTravel Fares
No one could quite understand How she was never really complete How she was empty when she was home But full of life when she would leave • No one could quite understand How she left a part of her everywhere she went How every country added to her memory But stole from her present…
Read MoreDear Perfect Love
Dear Perfect Love, I no longer search for you. I no longer need to. For my eyes have grown wise & my heart tender. & I wonder where along this broken line, I let the world convince me that you were small enough for only one human. You, my Dear, are far too vast; far…
Read MoreBecome The Gift
“You have to become the love you have experienced. You have to embody that expanded heart consciousness, and bring it to the world. That’s how you keep the love alive.” “Like, become whole without her?” “Yes, but its more than that. You become the love and then you share it with the world. You are…
Read MoreBetween the Idea & the Act… An Entire Kingdom Lies.
“Energy follows thought; we move toward, but not beyond, what we can imagine. What we assume, expect, or believe creates and colors our experience. By expanding our deepest beliefs about what is possible, we change our experience of life. No matter what we feel or know, no matter what our potential gifts or talents, only…
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