My Inner Child
This Modern Struggle Magazine is honoured to share the beautiful words of My Inner Child, an exclusive unpublished poem by Canadian poet Ally Loyns.
I hear you
pleading
to be seen.
I see you
hidden
within my laughter.
I feel you
trying to integrate happiness
into pain.
I welcome you,
to exist - to live freely
within
our mind
body
and soul.
-my inner child
We are also proud to share below some excerpts of Ally’s other incredible poems from her first poetry collection A Generation of Sunflowers. Ally has also published her second poetry collection, Bloom.
Both books are available here.
Written by Ally Loyns
Writer
Ally Loyns is a Canadian poet, musician, and BPD advocate who has called Winnipeg, Manitoba home since birth. Through raw and real poetic storytelling, she has a vision to embolden the healing journeys of people with Borderline everywhere by sharing her lived experience.
To Ally, nothing holds more power than the solidarity of like-minded souls with one mutual goal: overcoming hardship via self-compassion. She strives to break stigma in hopes that sharing her story can provide comfort and/or validation to the individual reading.