Kiera J. Gerety
@kieragerety.bsky.social
Socialist. #voteblue Disabled poet. Ink, Blood, and Prayer, a journey through the struggles of getting clean, relapse, after relapse, out July 17th.
If no one told you today:
You don’t have to be healed to be holy.
You don’t have to be sober to be worthy.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer was written for the middle—
The messy. The not-yet. The still-trying.
You are not alone.
#HarmReduction #InkBloodAndPrayer #QueerAuthor #PoetryOfSurvival
You don’t have to be healed to be holy.
You don’t have to be sober to be worthy.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer was written for the middle—
The messy. The not-yet. The still-trying.
You are not alone.
#HarmReduction #InkBloodAndPrayer #QueerAuthor #PoetryOfSurvival
May 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
If no one told you today:
You don’t have to be healed to be holy.
You don’t have to be sober to be worthy.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer was written for the middle—
The messy. The not-yet. The still-trying.
You are not alone.
#HarmReduction #InkBloodAndPrayer #QueerAuthor #PoetryOfSurvival
You don’t have to be healed to be holy.
You don’t have to be sober to be worthy.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer was written for the middle—
The messy. The not-yet. The still-trying.
You are not alone.
#HarmReduction #InkBloodAndPrayer #QueerAuthor #PoetryOfSurvival
I didn’t get clean to be palatable.
I didn’t survive to be inspirational.
I survived because I had to.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what survival looks like when it’s still bleeding and still begging the Gods for answers.
This isn’t redemption. It’s reality.
www.kieragerety.com
#addictionrecovery
I didn’t survive to be inspirational.
I survived because I had to.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what survival looks like when it’s still bleeding and still begging the Gods for answers.
This isn’t redemption. It’s reality.
www.kieragerety.com
#addictionrecovery
Kiera Gerety
I write raw, unfiltered, and deeply personal poetry and prose—the kind that comes from the deepest parts of survival, grief, and endurance. My work isn’t about pretty words or easy resolutions; it’…
www.kieragerety.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I didn’t get clean to be palatable.
I didn’t survive to be inspirational.
I survived because I had to.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what survival looks like when it’s still bleeding and still begging the Gods for answers.
This isn’t redemption. It’s reality.
www.kieragerety.com
#addictionrecovery
I didn’t survive to be inspirational.
I survived because I had to.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what survival looks like when it’s still bleeding and still begging the Gods for answers.
This isn’t redemption. It’s reality.
www.kieragerety.com
#addictionrecovery
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This is foreign influence and blatant corruption run amok. Period.
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is foreign influence and blatant corruption run amok. Period.
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TYVM @boxdonkey17.bsky.social🫂
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#StrongerTogether #resist #UnitedBlue 💙
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@catslib.bsky.social
@humanity101.bsky.social
@chugglebutte.bsky.social
@liberalwarrior.bsky.social
@pete-1972.bsky.social
@simplyskye.bsky.social
@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social
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#StrongerTogether #resist #UnitedBlue 💙
May 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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#FreedomOfSpeech is being killed in USA by Republicans.
Texas basically just ruled political cartoons as criminal offence.
Takes effect September 1st 2025.
One step closer to #totalitarianism
#magafacism
#NazisintheWhiteHouse
#TrumpDictatorship
Texas basically just ruled political cartoons as criminal offence.
Takes effect September 1st 2025.
One step closer to #totalitarianism
#magafacism
#NazisintheWhiteHouse
#TrumpDictatorship
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#FreedomOfSpeech is being killed in USA by Republicans.
Texas basically just ruled political cartoons as criminal offence.
Takes effect September 1st 2025.
One step closer to #totalitarianism
#magafacism
#NazisintheWhiteHouse
#TrumpDictatorship
Texas basically just ruled political cartoons as criminal offence.
Takes effect September 1st 2025.
One step closer to #totalitarianism
#magafacism
#NazisintheWhiteHouse
#TrumpDictatorship
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This right here......
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This right here......
Some days I still want to use.
Some days I want to burn it all down.
But instead—I write.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the book I made out of the wreckage.
It’s raw, it’s messy, and it’s honest.
If you’ve ever crawled your way back from the edge—this is for you. #addictionrecovery #poetry
Some days I want to burn it all down.
But instead—I write.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the book I made out of the wreckage.
It’s raw, it’s messy, and it’s honest.
If you’ve ever crawled your way back from the edge—this is for you. #addictionrecovery #poetry
May 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Some days I still want to use.
Some days I want to burn it all down.
But instead—I write.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the book I made out of the wreckage.
It’s raw, it’s messy, and it’s honest.
If you’ve ever crawled your way back from the edge—this is for you. #addictionrecovery #poetry
Some days I want to burn it all down.
But instead—I write.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the book I made out of the wreckage.
It’s raw, it’s messy, and it’s honest.
If you’ve ever crawled your way back from the edge—this is for you. #addictionrecovery #poetry
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Reposted by Kiera J. Gerety
Reposted by Kiera J. Gerety
I didn’t get clean and suddenly start glowing.
I got clean and started screaming louder.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what it sounds like—
Rage. Survival. Sacred grief.
Every poem is a piece of me that refused to die.
Read it if you’ve ever had to fight for your own damn life.
#addiction #recovery
I got clean and started screaming louder.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what it sounds like—
Rage. Survival. Sacred grief.
Every poem is a piece of me that refused to die.
Read it if you’ve ever had to fight for your own damn life.
#addiction #recovery
April 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I didn’t get clean and suddenly start glowing.
I got clean and started screaming louder.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what it sounds like—
Rage. Survival. Sacred grief.
Every poem is a piece of me that refused to die.
Read it if you’ve ever had to fight for your own damn life.
#addiction #recovery
I got clean and started screaming louder.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is what it sounds like—
Rage. Survival. Sacred grief.
Every poem is a piece of me that refused to die.
Read it if you’ve ever had to fight for your own damn life.
#addiction #recovery
Twelve years.
Twelve years since I loaded a rig, since I pushed poison into my veins and called it living. I used to think I’d never make it out. I thought I’d die with a needle in my arm or in the back of a cop car. But I didn’t. Somehow, I didn’t.
I have 12 days clean today. But today I celebrate.
Twelve years since I loaded a rig, since I pushed poison into my veins and called it living. I used to think I’d never make it out. I thought I’d die with a needle in my arm or in the back of a cop car. But I didn’t. Somehow, I didn’t.
I have 12 days clean today. But today I celebrate.
April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Twelve years.
Twelve years since I loaded a rig, since I pushed poison into my veins and called it living. I used to think I’d never make it out. I thought I’d die with a needle in my arm or in the back of a cop car. But I didn’t. Somehow, I didn’t.
I have 12 days clean today. But today I celebrate.
Twelve years since I loaded a rig, since I pushed poison into my veins and called it living. I used to think I’d never make it out. I thought I’d die with a needle in my arm or in the back of a cop car. But I didn’t. Somehow, I didn’t.
I have 12 days clean today. But today I celebrate.
I didn’t write Ink, Blood, and Prayer to be pretty.
I wrote it because I was bleeding and needed somewhere to put it.
This is for the ones who relapsed
#InkBloodAndPrayer #RecoveryPoet #SocialistWriter #HarmReduction #PoetryOfSurvival #AddictPoet #TraumaWriting #QueerAuthor #DisabledPoet #LeftistLit
I wrote it because I was bleeding and needed somewhere to put it.
This is for the ones who relapsed
#InkBloodAndPrayer #RecoveryPoet #SocialistWriter #HarmReduction #PoetryOfSurvival #AddictPoet #TraumaWriting #QueerAuthor #DisabledPoet #LeftistLit
April 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I didn’t write Ink, Blood, and Prayer to be pretty.
I wrote it because I was bleeding and needed somewhere to put it.
This is for the ones who relapsed
#InkBloodAndPrayer #RecoveryPoet #SocialistWriter #HarmReduction #PoetryOfSurvival #AddictPoet #TraumaWriting #QueerAuthor #DisabledPoet #LeftistLit
I wrote it because I was bleeding and needed somewhere to put it.
This is for the ones who relapsed
#InkBloodAndPrayer #RecoveryPoet #SocialistWriter #HarmReduction #PoetryOfSurvival #AddictPoet #TraumaWriting #QueerAuthor #DisabledPoet #LeftistLit
They want us to recover quietly.
To be grateful we survived a system that tried to kill us.
But I’m not quiet.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the sound of what it took to stay.
It’s every scream they told me to swallow.
And I’m not sorry I wrote it.
#SocialistRecovery #PoetryWithTeeth #InkBloodAndPrayer
To be grateful we survived a system that tried to kill us.
But I’m not quiet.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the sound of what it took to stay.
It’s every scream they told me to swallow.
And I’m not sorry I wrote it.
#SocialistRecovery #PoetryWithTeeth #InkBloodAndPrayer
April 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
They want us to recover quietly.
To be grateful we survived a system that tried to kill us.
But I’m not quiet.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the sound of what it took to stay.
It’s every scream they told me to swallow.
And I’m not sorry I wrote it.
#SocialistRecovery #PoetryWithTeeth #InkBloodAndPrayer
To be grateful we survived a system that tried to kill us.
But I’m not quiet.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is the sound of what it took to stay.
It’s every scream they told me to swallow.
And I’m not sorry I wrote it.
#SocialistRecovery #PoetryWithTeeth #InkBloodAndPrayer
Cory Booker raised the bar.
Now every Democrat in office needs to meet it or get out of the damn way.
We don’t need civility—we need resistance.
#RiseUp #Democrats #OverthrowTyranny
Now every Democrat in office needs to meet it or get out of the damn way.
We don’t need civility—we need resistance.
#RiseUp #Democrats #OverthrowTyranny
April 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Cory Booker raised the bar.
Now every Democrat in office needs to meet it or get out of the damn way.
We don’t need civility—we need resistance.
#RiseUp #Democrats #OverthrowTyranny
Now every Democrat in office needs to meet it or get out of the damn way.
We don’t need civility—we need resistance.
#RiseUp #Democrats #OverthrowTyranny
We are watching billionaires bankroll fascism while the working class is told to “vote harder.”
This is not democracy—it’s oligarchy dressed in red, white, and blue.
#Politics #SocialJustice #VoteThemOut
This is not democracy—it’s oligarchy dressed in red, white, and blue.
#Politics #SocialJustice #VoteThemOut
April 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are watching billionaires bankroll fascism while the working class is told to “vote harder.”
This is not democracy—it’s oligarchy dressed in red, white, and blue.
#Politics #SocialJustice #VoteThemOut
This is not democracy—it’s oligarchy dressed in red, white, and blue.
#Politics #SocialJustice #VoteThemOut
Addiction isn’t just personal.
It’s systemic.
It’s trauma, poverty, medical apartheid, and a country that would rather bury us than treat us.
My book screams that truth.
Because healing starts with telling it.
#AbolishCapitalism #RecoveryIsPolitical #InkBloodAndPrayer
It’s systemic.
It’s trauma, poverty, medical apartheid, and a country that would rather bury us than treat us.
My book screams that truth.
Because healing starts with telling it.
#AbolishCapitalism #RecoveryIsPolitical #InkBloodAndPrayer
April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Addiction isn’t just personal.
It’s systemic.
It’s trauma, poverty, medical apartheid, and a country that would rather bury us than treat us.
My book screams that truth.
Because healing starts with telling it.
#AbolishCapitalism #RecoveryIsPolitical #InkBloodAndPrayer
It’s systemic.
It’s trauma, poverty, medical apartheid, and a country that would rather bury us than treat us.
My book screams that truth.
Because healing starts with telling it.
#AbolishCapitalism #RecoveryIsPolitical #InkBloodAndPrayer
I can’t pay everyone’s rent.
But I can tell the truth.
I can say “me too” when shame tries to eat you alive.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is my contribution to the ones still crawling toward hope.
Because sometimes survival is a poem passed hand to hand.
#LeftistWriter #MutualAid #PoetryOfSurvival
But I can tell the truth.
I can say “me too” when shame tries to eat you alive.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is my contribution to the ones still crawling toward hope.
Because sometimes survival is a poem passed hand to hand.
#LeftistWriter #MutualAid #PoetryOfSurvival
April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I can’t pay everyone’s rent.
But I can tell the truth.
I can say “me too” when shame tries to eat you alive.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is my contribution to the ones still crawling toward hope.
Because sometimes survival is a poem passed hand to hand.
#LeftistWriter #MutualAid #PoetryOfSurvival
But I can tell the truth.
I can say “me too” when shame tries to eat you alive.
Ink, Blood, and Prayer is my contribution to the ones still crawling toward hope.
Because sometimes survival is a poem passed hand to hand.
#LeftistWriter #MutualAid #PoetryOfSurvival
What if recovery wasn’t paywalled?
What if you didn’t need insurance, a cop, or a God someone else approved of to survive?
Ink, Blood, and Prayer isn’t just my story—it’s a protest.
Because survival shouldn’t cost this much.
#SocialistRecovery #InkBloodAndPrayer #HarmReductionNow
What if you didn’t need insurance, a cop, or a God someone else approved of to survive?
Ink, Blood, and Prayer isn’t just my story—it’s a protest.
Because survival shouldn’t cost this much.
#SocialistRecovery #InkBloodAndPrayer #HarmReductionNow
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What if recovery wasn’t paywalled?
What if you didn’t need insurance, a cop, or a God someone else approved of to survive?
Ink, Blood, and Prayer isn’t just my story—it’s a protest.
Because survival shouldn’t cost this much.
#SocialistRecovery #InkBloodAndPrayer #HarmReductionNow
What if you didn’t need insurance, a cop, or a God someone else approved of to survive?
Ink, Blood, and Prayer isn’t just my story—it’s a protest.
Because survival shouldn’t cost this much.
#SocialistRecovery #InkBloodAndPrayer #HarmReductionNow
Some days it’s just cereal and crying.
Some days it’s walking past the liquor store.
This book isn’t all fire.
Some of it is silence. And breathing. And choosing not to die.
#RecoveryRealness #InkBloodAndPrayer #StillHere #booksky #poetrysky
Some days it’s walking past the liquor store.
This book isn’t all fire.
Some of it is silence. And breathing. And choosing not to die.
#RecoveryRealness #InkBloodAndPrayer #StillHere #booksky #poetrysky
April 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Some days it’s just cereal and crying.
Some days it’s walking past the liquor store.
This book isn’t all fire.
Some of it is silence. And breathing. And choosing not to die.
#RecoveryRealness #InkBloodAndPrayer #StillHere #booksky #poetrysky
Some days it’s walking past the liquor store.
This book isn’t all fire.
Some of it is silence. And breathing. And choosing not to die.
#RecoveryRealness #InkBloodAndPrayer #StillHere #booksky #poetrysky
If you’ve ever cried in the shower.
If you’ve ever used just to feel okay.
If you’ve ever begged a God to just stop the pain—
This book is your mirror. #booksky #poetrysky
If you’ve ever used just to feel okay.
If you’ve ever begged a God to just stop the pain—
This book is your mirror. #booksky #poetrysky
April 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you’ve ever cried in the shower.
If you’ve ever used just to feel okay.
If you’ve ever begged a God to just stop the pain—
This book is your mirror. #booksky #poetrysky
If you’ve ever used just to feel okay.
If you’ve ever begged a God to just stop the pain—
This book is your mirror. #booksky #poetrysky
I was a liar. A thief. An addict.
And I survived.
This book doesn’t hide my past.
It holds it like a bloodstained relic.
I won’t be ashamed for what kept me alive.
#HarmReductionNow #RecoveryPoet #NoShameSurvival #booksky #poetrysky
And I survived.
This book doesn’t hide my past.
It holds it like a bloodstained relic.
I won’t be ashamed for what kept me alive.
#HarmReductionNow #RecoveryPoet #NoShameSurvival #booksky #poetrysky
April 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I was a liar. A thief. An addict.
And I survived.
This book doesn’t hide my past.
It holds it like a bloodstained relic.
I won’t be ashamed for what kept me alive.
#HarmReductionNow #RecoveryPoet #NoShameSurvival #booksky #poetrysky
And I survived.
This book doesn’t hide my past.
It holds it like a bloodstained relic.
I won’t be ashamed for what kept me alive.
#HarmReductionNow #RecoveryPoet #NoShameSurvival #booksky #poetrysky
April 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I light candles for the me who almost didn’t make it.
I write poems like spells.
I pray, but not like the church taught me.
This book is my church.
And every poem is a scream to the sky.
#RecoveryWitch #InkBloodAndPrayer #SpellworkInStanzas
I write poems like spells.
I pray, but not like the church taught me.
This book is my church.
And every poem is a scream to the sky.
#RecoveryWitch #InkBloodAndPrayer #SpellworkInStanzas
April 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I light candles for the me who almost didn’t make it.
I write poems like spells.
I pray, but not like the church taught me.
This book is my church.
And every poem is a scream to the sky.
#RecoveryWitch #InkBloodAndPrayer #SpellworkInStanzas
I write poems like spells.
I pray, but not like the church taught me.
This book is my church.
And every poem is a scream to the sky.
#RecoveryWitch #InkBloodAndPrayer #SpellworkInStanzas
Every poem in Ink, Blood, and Prayer is also a eulogy.
To the friends I lost.
To the parts of me I buried.
To the lives this country throws away like trash.
You deserve more than silence.
#HarmReduction #PoetryAsRitual #SurvivalIsPolitical
To the friends I lost.
To the parts of me I buried.
To the lives this country throws away like trash.
You deserve more than silence.
#HarmReduction #PoetryAsRitual #SurvivalIsPolitical
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Every poem in Ink, Blood, and Prayer is also a eulogy.
To the friends I lost.
To the parts of me I buried.
To the lives this country throws away like trash.
You deserve more than silence.
#HarmReduction #PoetryAsRitual #SurvivalIsPolitical
To the friends I lost.
To the parts of me I buried.
To the lives this country throws away like trash.
You deserve more than silence.
#HarmReduction #PoetryAsRitual #SurvivalIsPolitical