Blossom
@teawithhb.com
🎠 Trying to make the world a better place teawithhb.com
🌸 Writer, Disability Advocate, Creator, Poet
🍊 Co-founder poetryorchard.com
🌸 Writer, Disability Advocate, Creator, Poet
🍊 Co-founder poetryorchard.com
Festivi-tea Day 7! You can find more positive affirmations on my website as well as my own experience with using affirmations on my podcast episode simplici-tea! Please share what you’re struggling with in the comments if you feel comfortable, and I'll reply with a positive affirmation for you 💝
December 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Festivi-tea Day 7! You can find more positive affirmations on my website as well as my own experience with using affirmations on my podcast episode simplici-tea! Please share what you’re struggling with in the comments if you feel comfortable, and I'll reply with a positive affirmation for you 💝
Depression, anxiety, call it what you will
It’s a natural response, not overkill.
Today there was a murder
Yesterday there was a shooting
Tomorrow, genocide continues
Bombs, and rape, and looting
And
It’s a natural response, not overkill.
Today there was a murder
Yesterday there was a shooting
Tomorrow, genocide continues
Bombs, and rape, and looting
And
December 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Depression, anxiety, call it what you will
It’s a natural response, not overkill.
Today there was a murder
Yesterday there was a shooting
Tomorrow, genocide continues
Bombs, and rape, and looting
And
It’s a natural response, not overkill.
Today there was a murder
Yesterday there was a shooting
Tomorrow, genocide continues
Bombs, and rape, and looting
And
Festivi-tea Day 8! Remember that the most important environment to take care of is YOURS! Your body, mind, and spirit need to be carefully cultivated so that you can even begin to think about the wider world, you can’t pour from an empty teacup after all 😉
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Festivi-tea Day 8! Remember that the most important environment to take care of is YOURS! Your body, mind, and spirit need to be carefully cultivated so that you can even begin to think about the wider world, you can’t pour from an empty teacup after all 😉
The world is so very wide
(but small enough for us)
I know we share a sky
sometimes it’s like we share a mind
always new lore to learn
always more love to find
I don’t know how you smell
or what your legs look like
but I know that in all kinds of hell
you’d join me on the hike
(but small enough for us)
I know we share a sky
sometimes it’s like we share a mind
always new lore to learn
always more love to find
I don’t know how you smell
or what your legs look like
but I know that in all kinds of hell
you’d join me on the hike
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The world is so very wide
(but small enough for us)
I know we share a sky
sometimes it’s like we share a mind
always new lore to learn
always more love to find
I don’t know how you smell
or what your legs look like
but I know that in all kinds of hell
you’d join me on the hike
(but small enough for us)
I know we share a sky
sometimes it’s like we share a mind
always new lore to learn
always more love to find
I don’t know how you smell
or what your legs look like
but I know that in all kinds of hell
you’d join me on the hike
Festivi-tea Day 9! What Disability Myths have you heard/believed?! Are any of these shocking to you?
#disability #ableism #chronicillness #accessibility #invisibleillness
#disability #ableism #chronicillness #accessibility #invisibleillness
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Festivi-tea Day 9! What Disability Myths have you heard/believed?! Are any of these shocking to you?
#disability #ableism #chronicillness #accessibility #invisibleillness
#disability #ableism #chronicillness #accessibility #invisibleillness
‘you’re too young to be ill’
hits different to an immortal
endless pain and never dying seem like a similar curse
vampires and I, we know how to rehearse
how to explain the unexplainable
through an ill-fitting smile
how to spend our days
and make it seem somehow worthwhile
hits different to an immortal
endless pain and never dying seem like a similar curse
vampires and I, we know how to rehearse
how to explain the unexplainable
through an ill-fitting smile
how to spend our days
and make it seem somehow worthwhile
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
‘you’re too young to be ill’
hits different to an immortal
endless pain and never dying seem like a similar curse
vampires and I, we know how to rehearse
how to explain the unexplainable
through an ill-fitting smile
how to spend our days
and make it seem somehow worthwhile
hits different to an immortal
endless pain and never dying seem like a similar curse
vampires and I, we know how to rehearse
how to explain the unexplainable
through an ill-fitting smile
how to spend our days
and make it seem somehow worthwhile
Festivi-tea day 10! 10 Distraction Techniques 🍜
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
December 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Festivi-tea day 10! 10 Distraction Techniques 🍜
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
What are your favourite comfort shows? Let me know if we have any in common!! Mine are…
🍃 Heartstopper
🍁 Anne with an E
🍕 FRIENDS
☕️ Gilmore Girls
🩺 Scrubs
#Disabled #accessibility #chronicillnesscommunity #ableism #invisibleilness
If I had a wish
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If I had a wish
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
Think I’d waste it on him
One last chance to fulfil
Some childhood whim
Win some you lose some
But never expected this
Winsome, I lost someone
I never thought I could miss
Festivi-tea Day 11! 11 Flare Up Tips ❤️🔥
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Festivi-tea Day 11! 11 Flare Up Tips ❤️🔥
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
AD You can find more ideas as well as the products I use to manage my pain on teawithhb.com including @shaktimats which I discovered after receiving them as a Christmas gift last year!! You can use BLOSSOM10 for 10% off 🎁
I used to be brave
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
December 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I used to be brave
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
Used to jump at the chance
Gumption was my fabric
I frayed into strands
Never used to be afraid
Never bailed on my plans
Now everything’s changed
Wonder who I am
Festivi-tea is a 12 day advent calendar where we’ll be counting down the days to Christmas with chronic illness-inspired illustrations! Happy #Cripmas 😘🎄
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Festivi-tea is a 12 day advent calendar where we’ll be counting down the days to Christmas with chronic illness-inspired illustrations! Happy #Cripmas 😘🎄
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
Starting off with 12 self care ideas! Let me know your favourite ways to unwind, whether it’s a podcast you love or a winter-themed beverage!!
‘I’ll never leave’
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
‘I’ll never leave’
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
what aligns, what a line, what a lie
But I believed
What a tribune, what a trial, what a try
So now I grieve
What a guise, what a guile, what a guy
I didn’t ask chat gpt to write a poem
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I didn’t ask chat gpt to write a poem
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
I didn't ask AI to make a sandwich
I didn't ask it the meaning of life
Was it my wifi or I which had no bandwidth?
I asked the fire for warmth
I asked the rain to wash me clean
I asked myself what I am doing
And tried to let myself be seen
you may sew derision
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
you may sew derision
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
in the soil of my self
you may derive pleasure
or a temporary wealth
but this currency is arbitrary
escape is imminent!
I will not live my life in fear
stuck solid in cement
generosity as weakness
is only fact in blackboard chalk
Back on the playground
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Back on the playground
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
begging for affection in a too-big jumper
a schoolbag filled with risotto from a food tech spillage
it’s mufti day and the boy everyone has a crush on exclaims
‘I thought you were fat!’
she doesn’t know how to respond, glows uncomfortably
patronising patriarch
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
patronising patriarch
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
you barely scraped the mark
chip on your shoulder
the size of the Roman Empire
Take it all out on me
Because you can? Because it’s free?
I’ll stroke your ego
out of fear and you know
you’re gonna bite me anyway
I’m not a pessimist, I’ll make the best of this
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I’m not a pessimist, I’ll make the best of this
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
you are a masochist, all you do is dismiss
every word from your lips:
poisoned, egregious
you take and take, I choose to give
you made a mistake and I have to live—
with it— all my life, seeping through the cracks
in moments of silence I play it back
my body is more than a conversation
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
my body is more than a conversation
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
I’m living a life in pain
my worth is more than you can imagine
my cost is your gain
my life is a springboard for innovation
can you say the same?
I’m living my life in pain
Put some respect on my name
Saw you look at me
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Saw you look at me
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
then quickly divert your gaze
I suck it up, suck it in,
but it sucks to be seen that way
As a comma, as a bracket,
as your daily good deed
As a pauper, as a racket,
as another bad seed
There’s a world out there
where I’m not your worst nightmare
Dizzy dancing—
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Dizzy dancing—
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
Is she looking??
Spinning on four wheels
Blushed my cheeks and did my hair
but I forgot my heels!
Oh, I can see it all
Is it too late now to call?
Call it off, ring it up, where’s the cheque, where’s my brush, brush it off, but I saw
it all
So this is what i get for all my self control
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So this is what i get for all my self control
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
A haunted head with no hand to hold
Grief has the loudest echo
I just want to let myself go so
1,011 days later
and I’m wide awake wishing,
started suspending my suspicion of superstition,
I’ve tried feeling I’ve tried fact...
Trying to purge myself of any negative energy before the new year, gonna publish a poem a day on notes if I can 🙈
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Trying to purge myself of any negative energy before the new year, gonna publish a poem a day on notes if I can 🙈
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
I didn’t mean to love so hard
I didn’t think I’d be discarded
I didn’t ask for all these scars
I didn’t want to be so guarded
I want to keep this healing all to myself
Reposted by Blossom
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Learning Robert Reich and Sam Reich are related made me unreasonably happy!
August 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Learning Robert Reich and Sam Reich are related made me unreasonably happy!
Reposted by Blossom
Join us for a Chronic Pain creative workshop at 7pm BST Sunday 31st August! We’ll be exploring being kind to yourself when your self is not and internalised ableism.
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Select tickets – Chronic Pain: A Creative Workshop – Google Meet
A Creative Workshop inspired by Chronic Pain and coping with it.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Join us for a Chronic Pain creative workshop at 7pm BST Sunday 31st August! We’ll be exploring being kind to yourself when your self is not and internalised ableism.
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...
Hosted by @teawithhb.com All creatives welcome, we are an inclusive, international community!
buytickets.at/poetryorchar...