Nikyla Maria

Author. Poet. Creator of The Frequencies of Eden.

[Nikyla Maria @NikylaMaria]

For years this story lived almost entirely inside me.

Now it belongs to anyone willing to descend beneath the surface.

Unearthing: Blood & Bone

Book One of The Frequencies of Eden

Preorder August 8.

[Nikyla Maria @NikylaMaria]

I stopped editing my pain down to a size everyone else could stomach.

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Some of my best writing started as a text I didn't send.

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I don't need the metaphor to be pretty. I need it to be true.

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Your comfort was never my job. My honesty is.

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I quit performing peace to actually go build some.

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The girl who over-explained herself is retired. Long live the one who doesn't.

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Nobody warned me healing would make me less agreeable. Worth it.

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Therapy at 2 a.m. is just me and a glowing screen negotiating for absolution.

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I write about the wound because the highlight reel already has enough authors.

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Stop calling it 'sensitive.' It's called paying attention.

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I don't do inspirational. I do honest. Occasionally they overlap.

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The essay that scared me to publish is always the one that finds the right person.

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My ancestors didn't survive so I could shrink politely at brunch.

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Fine' was the biggest lie I ever published about myself.

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I write with the door open now. The hiding years are over.

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You can't heal a wound you're still calling a personality trait.

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I stopped writing to be understood by everyone. Now I write for the ones who recognize themselves.

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Some truths don't need a trigger warning. They need an audience.

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I don't owe anyone the smaller version of my story.

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Boundaries aren't cruelty. They're the bare minimum of self-respect.