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Zar's Zen Den
Healing Through Mindfulness and Words
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I Am the Light
Men are always trying to read me, to interpret me, to tell me who I am — instead of simply appreciating without commentary. I am soft. I...
zariahperkins
Sep 14, 20251 min read
I See
I see you for your traumas, your limits, the masks you wear, the parts you hide. I no longer take it personally. Your shadows are yours,...
zariahperkins
Sep 14, 20251 min read


Cultivating a Community of Kindness: Love, Discernment & Chosen Family
If there’s one thing adulthood has taught me, it’s that we don’t heal in isolation. No matter how strong or self-aware we are, we still...
zariahperkins
May 18, 20252 min read


Unmasked: A Conversation With My Higher Self
Lately, I’ve been on edge. Walking through life as the strong one, the grounded one, the put-together one. Fixing shit. Helping...
zariahperkins
May 11, 20253 min read
27-30
27 I lost direction. Thinking I knew the way, Thinking I ain’t need God to make me whole. I was chasing bags, men, and clothes. I almost...
zariahperkins
Apr 17, 20251 min read
I Am Not Too Much
( a sacred something for the girl who sees and feels everything) I am not too much. I am not too loud. I am not too soft. I am not too...
zariahperkins
Apr 15, 20252 min read
A Letter to My Father,
I see you slipping. I feel the quiet between your words, the fog in your eyes when you forget something I just said, the resistance in...
zariahperkins
Apr 15, 20251 min read
the Men I Once Loved
The first— a Virgo wrapped in velvet privilege. Meticulous in criticism, messy in commitment. His heart was warm, but his ego came first....
zariahperkins
Apr 14, 20251 min read


To My Future Lover,
I don’t know who you are yet, but I’ve felt you in the in-between— in the spaces where I’ve cried, healed, screamed into pillows, and...
zariahperkins
Apr 14, 20252 min read


Ideally
you used to water me 'til you didn’t. left me dry where I once glistened. eyes on me, then blinked twice— and I was missin’. thought you...
zariahperkins
Apr 8, 20251 min read


Unblocked & Untouchable
(A petty affirmation poem by the baddest bitch healing beautifully) I am so unblocked in every way —unblocked in my glow, my greatness,...
zariahperkins
Apr 7, 20251 min read


Umeka's Revelation
For so long, I thought love was about giving—pouring endlessly, proving my worth in devotion, bending until I lost my shape. I believed...
zariahperkins
Apr 5, 20251 min read


Letting Go: The Exhaustion of Holding On
There comes a point where longing turns into exhaustion. Where the hope you once had—the belief that maybe, just maybe, this person will...
zariahperkins
Mar 16, 20252 min read


Are You the Partner You’re Looking For?
We all have a vision of the ideal partner—the kind of person, man or woman who would make life richer, deeper, and more fulfilling. But...
zariahperkins
Mar 11, 20252 min read


Losing to Find
Matthew 10:39 has been sitting heavy on my spirit today. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake...
zariahperkins
Mar 7, 20252 min read
Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too
I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. That kind of soul-deep exhaustion where you realize some things just don’t matter the way you thought they...
zariahperkins
Mar 6, 20252 min read


In the Waiting, I Bloom
Right now, I feel like I’m running out of time. My mother is gone. My father is 63. I am unmarried, no prospects, no children. And yet,...
zariahperkins
Mar 6, 20252 min read


The Path of a Generational Curse Breaker
Most demons don’t come from the outside world. They start at home. Passed down like an unwanted heirloom. They’re planted in the way a...
zariahperkins
Mar 5, 20253 min read


Clarity Is Power: Owning Your Intentions in Love & Life
We live in a world that thrives on blurred lines. Situationships, mixed signals, “let’s just see where this goes.” But what if we flipped...
zariahperkins
Mar 3, 20252 min read


Love, Loss, and Letting Go
You arrived like a whisper, soft yet strong, A presence I never knew I needed for long. In your arms, I found something rare, A love...
zariahperkins
Mar 2, 20251 min read
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