Floating Away - a poem i wrote

sometimes it feels like floating away into your own reality is easier than standing with you feet on the ground. but sometimes we have to find a way to come back down to earth...
this is a poem I wrote about derealization and using floating away into your head as a coping mechanism for when mental health really sucks.
I really hope this could speak to you in some way.
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About me:
Hi, I'm Ash. I'm passionate about writing, film making and nature. I love to write poetry, mainly about mental health and my views on life in hopes of speaking to someone in any way. Writing helps me to escape and channel my thoughts into something tangible. Creating videos has been such an important creative outlet for me over the years and my dream is to study film making one day. Wildlife has been a huge part of my life and having that connection with nature helps me to keep going when things get tough. Through film and writing I'd love to try and capture the beauty of our planet.
I'm just trying to figure everything out and create things along the way haha.
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You are worthy and loved and strong and freaking gorgeous I mean wow
luv ya,
Ash
Instagram: @ashwoodland_ and @dancing.in.thunderstorms
Twitter: @ashwoodland_

[@hlamzo2786]

Amazing!!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Thank you!!

[@Malum09]

Beautiful Contemplative Poem

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@themusicofnewyork1570]

Your mind doesn't seem to be too foggy when you can create something as beautiful as this

[@AshaLoonFilms]

ah that means a lot, thank you! I guess sometimes the fogginess can help to make the clarity even stronger in the end

[@Capturia]

I'm crying dude this is so so beautiful, word's cannot express that enough

[@AshaLoonFilms]

I love you🥺

[@Capturia]

@@AshaLoonFilms i love you too

[@casseyalcayagaofficial2150]

This is just incredible. I love how your words can be someone else's story too. Amazing!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Thank you so much Cassey!! That means a lot to me! ❤️❤️

[@alohaarianna]

I think it’s amazing how different words rhyme in different accents. I can definitely relate to feeling like everything makes sense and then the next second, it doesn’t. I think this would make a brilliant song!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

haha yeah that’s so true about the accents like in some lyrics certain words rhyme in the singers accent but not with mine haha. that feeling is so tricky to handle, I’m glad you can relate and ah I would love to put the poem into song form!✨✨💚

[@itstimeyall]

the filming and editing was super refreshing on this poem, thanks for this new perspective!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Thank you so much, I always love reading your comments!!

[@deryamelody5423]

This is so beautiful 🥺❤️

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Thank you😭😭

[@milatress1471]

this is jus gorgeous,,

[@AshaLoonFilms]

thank u babes 💕

[@genejohnson2144]

That was really Beautiful Ash❣️ You spoke to My heart! Keep being Amazing Lil Sis!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

That makes me so happy to hear!! Thank you Gene!!✨💚

[@NicoleMae]

this is so lovely 😭

[@AshaLoonFilms]

thank u Nicole 😭

[@sarahlear7881]

This is truly remarkable! Some of the stuff you talk about describes how I got interested in astral travel and other ways to decouple my spirit self from my physical body. What I've learned is that the only way to truly imagine nothingness is to imagine everythingness in the sense that you're part of everything and it's all connected, all one, to just imagine literally everything being a single entity and then imagine that one thing, the universe, not existing and what you have is a blank canvas. And then you realize that the nothingness is like the void in between the particles that comprise us. I used to think nothingness was pure darkest dark blackness but then I realized it's actually clear, like a dull yet infinitely bright transparent whiteness, a nothing-land universe would be one where if you were to step onto it you'd cease to exist because it has to maintain its state of nothingness. It's kind of like picturing something colder than absolute zero but hotter than infinity degrees at the same time. I feel my happiest when I connect with the universe on a spiritual level. It has been a really scary year but I have so much optimism for the future. A bright, beautiful, wonderful future. As I finally go back to work I feel kind of sad that I won't have the time I used to, one thing I liked about quarantine was that I got to spend so much time watching people like you and others I watch whereas I'm normally not a social media kind of person, more someone who prefers to spend her time amongst nature, I'm going to miss y'all but I'm going to try to watch more than I did before since you and a few other people on here I consider friends helped get me through quarantine, and I look forward to going home later this year and spending the holidays with my family

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Sarah, thank you SO much for your incredible, thought provoking comments!! They mean the world to me and I absolutely adore reading and hearing your interesting thoughts and words of wisdom, you’re the best!! Thank you so much for supporting me 💚💚

[@sarahlear7881]

@@AshaLoonFilms I am so glad to hear that!

[@Capturia]

Ash i cannot wait for the day you truly realise how wonderful and bright your soul is, how effortlessly creative and beautiful your thoughts are

[@Alex.Adametz]

💯 right!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Ah thank you so much Hannah, you’re the best person ever ❤️

[@Squirrel2618]

Thank you for this ash 💕

[@AshaLoonFilms]

thank you for watching ✨

[@AltoonaYourPiano]

This is such an amazing poem, some of the concepts you describe are so deep and powerful to think about. Believe it or not, there was an ancient Greek philosopher Gorgias who believed that nothing existed, if something did exist nothing could be known about it, even if something could be known about it it could not be communicated, even if it could be communicated it could not be understood. He was one of the first nihilistic philisophers Also, this got me thinking of how sometimes it's actually almost amazing to me that I'm actually alive and I'm not just a passive observer, I'm not just a movie camera documenting information, I'm part of "everybody". It's weird, we all KNOW we're alive, but we don't really feel what it means most of the time.

[@alohaarianna]

Wow, that was a brilliant comment

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Wow, thank you SO much for this incredible comment. You are such a thoughtful person and I absolutely love reading your insightful, interesting comments. That’s so interesting about the Greek philosopher. I absolutely love and relate so much to what you said about how sometimes it’s amazing and almost strange to this about how you are alive and not just an observer. I feel like an observer most of the time. Maybe the observers are the ones who are able to feel the most alive in the end...? It’s a pretty special feeling when you feel that most of OH MY GOODNESS IM ALIVE!! thank you again for this wonderful comment 💚✨

[@AltoonaYourPiano]

@@AshaLoonFilms Yes! It's like this incredible feeling washes over you like "OMG! I'm actually alive! I'm a living person!" where you feel for a few moments what it really means to be alive, I'm so glad you enjoy my commentary as I'm really thankful for your amazing friendship and the brilliant content you so often create.

[@AshaLoonFilms]

oh yes, that epiphany moment is the greatest, you just want to scream at the top of your lungs, IM ALIVE!!! and likewise, I’m so grateful for your amazing music and friendship

[@tiramisulover_00]

Beautiful as always! You have so much talent Ash, I am so proud of you!! You are such a strong person, with a beautiful, rare mindset. Your soul is a treasure

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Ah thank you so much marlena you’re the best!!❤️🥺

[@geminkart]

your videos are just so perfect

[@AshaLoonFilms]

ah thank you dude

[@alohaarianna]

You might be my favorite KZbinr. I also write when I am upset. I always look forward to your videos because I feel like you understand me 😂 Writing, creativity, and stories are beautiful. I wrote so much in quarantine and when I healed from my concussion, so I can relate to feeling lost. Keep going! I am rooting for you! :)

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Omg that means so much to me, thank you!! I’m so glad that you feel like I understand you, that’s like the best compliment ever!! 🥺❤️ Quarantine was a perfect time for lots of writing! Thanks so much for your lovely comments!!💕

[@Ali-wi2bo]

GURL THIS IS JUST STUNINNG I'M LITERALLY AMAZED! it's so funny that the topic of derealization and depersonalization have been crossing my path so much for the last few days... i'm struggling a lot with mental health. i have depression and anxiety, and it's been tough. i guess i've experienced some common things about derealization but like, once in a while and it's small so i don't think i could be diagnosed with having the disorder, maybe for me is just related to my anxiety....i havent seen a therapist in quite a while 😅 BUT GREAT POEM!!!! IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Dude thank you SO much, it makes me so happy to know you could relate and it could speak to you!!! I also have depression and anxiety and aghhh it can be SO tough to deal.... I guess derealization kind of comes as a lil added bonus to that lmao. But I’m so proud of you for getting through it!!!💕 thanks so much for watching and I’m so glad you liked it, means a lot!!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

hey! i just posted a new video, would be really cool to hear your response! ❤️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKjHo5mDgKmDeM0

[@wrldnflms]

Thank you for being you!!!!

[@AshaLoonFilms]

CshotsG thank you for watching!!!!

[@Alex.Adametz]

Wow, Ash... WOW. I think this is your strongest, the most powerful and the most beautiful work, for now. How do you manage to express so many feelings and thoughts with those words? Just... amazing. I mean, seriously. It's almost hypnotizing. This is what is called Art. I even have nothing to say or add 🙂 Except maybe this: "nothing" actually contains everything in it. "nothing" is bigger than every "something" ever existed... idk if it makes any sense to you 😅

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Thank you SO much Alex! This is my favourite poem I’ve ever written so it means a lot you think it’s the most powerful. Recently I’ve been writing so much and I have so many poetry videos waiting to be uploaded! ;) And that’s a very interesting thought about how “nothing” really could be everything. Or contain everything. How even nothing really isn’t nothing at all...✨

[@BradleyJLeal]

Ash, you are incredible and incredibly talented. I know you are going through some scary times right now but I just wanted to let you know that everything is going to be alright. You will find clarity before you know it. Your poem is amazing! You are amazing! The sooner you realize that ,the sooner you will settle in your mind and body. As you know we are here for you just as you're here for us. Your content in whatever form keeps me sane. Well as sane as is possible! Thank you for sharing this and everything else with us. I still have the chills from this one and I have watched it 3 times. But I'm not finished yet! ❤️🥶

[@AshaLoonFilms]

This means the world to me Brad, thank you SO much for this amazing words and for understanding. It makes me so fulfilled to know that something I’ve written could speak to people and they could relate. I really appreciate your words of advice too. Everything will be okay ✨

[@BradleyJLeal]

Yes Ash, everything is going to be ok! I think even better than ok for you if you keep on this track. I am still getting the chills everytime I hear this. That is a great sign my dear friend 🥶🥶🥶❤️

[@Alex.Adametz]

Bradley J . Leal Very well said! 👍

[@genejohnson2144]

Hey Lil Sis!... I Loved this video and I wanted to tell You that I sent You a short story and some words of inspiration in a DM on Your Twitter. If You can find the time, I would Love to hear Your view on my message... Lots of Love from the USA... Gene

[@AshaLoonFilms]

Hey gene!! Thank you so much, heading over to Twitter right now to check it out! :)