Kimberly Vanderhorst
@kymburlee.bsky.social
AuDHD author of poetry, prose, and magic.
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Pinned
I am made fragile
by the beauty of the stars
by their sharp edges
and fierce burning
a glass heart cracking
beneath the weight
of the sky
#poetry
by the beauty of the stars
by their sharp edges
and fierce burning
a glass heart cracking
beneath the weight
of the sky
#poetry
there was that time
we laughed so hard
f r e c k l e s of ocean
spilled from our noses
and our bellies a c h e d
from the joy of the noise
drumming inside our ears
#poetry
we laughed so hard
f r e c k l e s of ocean
spilled from our noses
and our bellies a c h e d
from the joy of the noise
drumming inside our ears
#poetry
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
there was that time
we laughed so hard
f r e c k l e s of ocean
spilled from our noses
and our bellies a c h e d
from the joy of the noise
drumming inside our ears
#poetry
we laughed so hard
f r e c k l e s of ocean
spilled from our noses
and our bellies a c h e d
from the joy of the noise
drumming inside our ears
#poetry
Just … words, y’know? The way they do that thing … with the swooping and the swirling. And the mind-pictures? WOW. Gotta love that thing where they sort of zing-pop and you just … damn. Y’know what I mean? You just get it. Because WORDS. Am I right?
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Just … words, y’know? The way they do that thing … with the swooping and the swirling. And the mind-pictures? WOW. Gotta love that thing where they sort of zing-pop and you just … damn. Y’know what I mean? You just get it. Because WORDS. Am I right?
They taught us to be entirely selfless.
Then chided us when we lost ourselves entirely.
So we taught ourselves, that a love that requires a sacrifice of the entire self, is no kind of love at all.
Then chided us when we lost ourselves entirely.
So we taught ourselves, that a love that requires a sacrifice of the entire self, is no kind of love at all.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
They taught us to be entirely selfless.
Then chided us when we lost ourselves entirely.
So we taught ourselves, that a love that requires a sacrifice of the entire self, is no kind of love at all.
Then chided us when we lost ourselves entirely.
So we taught ourselves, that a love that requires a sacrifice of the entire self, is no kind of love at all.
Get to know your mutuals. Quote with 5 random childhood memories:
1. a boy throwing jellyfish at my house
2. twirling recklessly everywhere
3. fighting with siblings over Lego
4. exploring tide pools for shiny rocks
5. building houses out of twigs, moss, and pebbles for the “little people”
1. a boy throwing jellyfish at my house
2. twirling recklessly everywhere
3. fighting with siblings over Lego
4. exploring tide pools for shiny rocks
5. building houses out of twigs, moss, and pebbles for the “little people”
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Get to know your mutuals. Quote with 5 random childhood memories:
1. a boy throwing jellyfish at my house
2. twirling recklessly everywhere
3. fighting with siblings over Lego
4. exploring tide pools for shiny rocks
5. building houses out of twigs, moss, and pebbles for the “little people”
1. a boy throwing jellyfish at my house
2. twirling recklessly everywhere
3. fighting with siblings over Lego
4. exploring tide pools for shiny rocks
5. building houses out of twigs, moss, and pebbles for the “little people”
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Get to know your mutuals. Quote with 10 authors you love to recommend:
1. Sue Lynn Tan
2. Axie Oh
3. Kelly Barnhill
4. Naomi Novik
5. Terry Pratchett
6. Claudia Gray
7. Antwan Eady
8. Joanna Ruth Meyer
9. Laini Taylor
10. James Acaster
#10Authors
1. Sue Lynn Tan
2. Axie Oh
3. Kelly Barnhill
4. Naomi Novik
5. Terry Pratchett
6. Claudia Gray
7. Antwan Eady
8. Joanna Ruth Meyer
9. Laini Taylor
10. James Acaster
#10Authors
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Get to know your mutuals. Quote with 10 authors you love to recommend:
1. Sue Lynn Tan
2. Axie Oh
3. Kelly Barnhill
4. Naomi Novik
5. Terry Pratchett
6. Claudia Gray
7. Antwan Eady
8. Joanna Ruth Meyer
9. Laini Taylor
10. James Acaster
#10Authors
1. Sue Lynn Tan
2. Axie Oh
3. Kelly Barnhill
4. Naomi Novik
5. Terry Pratchett
6. Claudia Gray
7. Antwan Eady
8. Joanna Ruth Meyer
9. Laini Taylor
10. James Acaster
#10Authors
oh, love
the way you
blur the edges
of this sharp, sharp world
into soft smudges of quiet light
you are
a terraforming
t e n d e r n e s s
aching to enfold
me within you
#poetry
the way you
blur the edges
of this sharp, sharp world
into soft smudges of quiet light
you are
a terraforming
t e n d e r n e s s
aching to enfold
me within you
#poetry
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
oh, love
the way you
blur the edges
of this sharp, sharp world
into soft smudges of quiet light
you are
a terraforming
t e n d e r n e s s
aching to enfold
me within you
#poetry
the way you
blur the edges
of this sharp, sharp world
into soft smudges of quiet light
you are
a terraforming
t e n d e r n e s s
aching to enfold
me within you
#poetry
she holds
n o s t a l g i a
between her fingertips
bemused by
the gleam and the glide
of its f e a t h e r i n g fronds
a whispering wind
teases a mire of memories
from her m e l l o w e d mind
#poetry
n o s t a l g i a
between her fingertips
bemused by
the gleam and the glide
of its f e a t h e r i n g fronds
a whispering wind
teases a mire of memories
from her m e l l o w e d mind
#poetry
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
she holds
n o s t a l g i a
between her fingertips
bemused by
the gleam and the glide
of its f e a t h e r i n g fronds
a whispering wind
teases a mire of memories
from her m e l l o w e d mind
#poetry
n o s t a l g i a
between her fingertips
bemused by
the gleam and the glide
of its f e a t h e r i n g fronds
a whispering wind
teases a mire of memories
from her m e l l o w e d mind
#poetry
she is
a pickling of
p o s s i b i l i t i e s
a preservation of imagination
and other p r o b a b i l i t i e s
she is
j o y bottled up
a laugh-happy lantern
ready to unleash its brightness
upon a world too long lost to the dark
#poetry
a pickling of
p o s s i b i l i t i e s
a preservation of imagination
and other p r o b a b i l i t i e s
she is
j o y bottled up
a laugh-happy lantern
ready to unleash its brightness
upon a world too long lost to the dark
#poetry
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
she is
a pickling of
p o s s i b i l i t i e s
a preservation of imagination
and other p r o b a b i l i t i e s
she is
j o y bottled up
a laugh-happy lantern
ready to unleash its brightness
upon a world too long lost to the dark
#poetry
a pickling of
p o s s i b i l i t i e s
a preservation of imagination
and other p r o b a b i l i t i e s
she is
j o y bottled up
a laugh-happy lantern
ready to unleash its brightness
upon a world too long lost to the dark
#poetry
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. disemboweling pomegranates
2. petrichor
3. potatoes
4. wordplay
5. magic in the mundane
6. thrumming thunderstorms
7. alliteration
8. ancient trees
9. salty seas
10. poetry
1. disemboweling pomegranates
2. petrichor
3. potatoes
4. wordplay
5. magic in the mundane
6. thrumming thunderstorms
7. alliteration
8. ancient trees
9. salty seas
10. poetry
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Arboretums
2. Laughing
3. The night sky
4. Vinyl records
5. Classic movies
6. Dirt roads
7. Fireplaces/bonfires
8. Dancing
9. Being cozy
10. The wind through trees
1. Arboretums
2. Laughing
3. The night sky
4. Vinyl records
5. Classic movies
6. Dirt roads
7. Fireplaces/bonfires
8. Dancing
9. Being cozy
10. The wind through trees
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Vinyl records
2. Reading
3. The beach
4. New Jersey diners
5. Whales
6. My husband, sons, and friends
7. Walking around NYC or London
8. Travel
9. Watching movies
10. Baseball
1. Vinyl records
2. Reading
3. The beach
4. New Jersey diners
5. Whales
6. My husband, sons, and friends
7. Walking around NYC or London
8. Travel
9. Watching movies
10. Baseball
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. disemboweling pomegranates
2. petrichor
3. potatoes
4. wordplay
5. magic in the mundane
6. thrumming thunderstorms
7. alliteration
8. ancient trees
9. salty seas
10. poetry
1. disemboweling pomegranates
2. petrichor
3. potatoes
4. wordplay
5. magic in the mundane
6. thrumming thunderstorms
7. alliteration
8. ancient trees
9. salty seas
10. poetry
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Dear One,
Every version of you is a different shade of lovely. And the whole of your life is a tapestry of your many selves, woven together with strands of love and purpose.
Who you are now is only a patch of the entirety of all you have been and will become.
Every version of you is a different shade of lovely. And the whole of your life is a tapestry of your many selves, woven together with strands of love and purpose.
Who you are now is only a patch of the entirety of all you have been and will become.
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Dear One,
Every version of you is a different shade of lovely. And the whole of your life is a tapestry of your many selves, woven together with strands of love and purpose.
Who you are now is only a patch of the entirety of all you have been and will become.
Every version of you is a different shade of lovely. And the whole of your life is a tapestry of your many selves, woven together with strands of love and purpose.
Who you are now is only a patch of the entirety of all you have been and will become.
oh, love
hunt me in the
r i c o c h e t
seek me in the
ocean’s s p r a y
root me out of the
forest’s f r a y
find me in the
gloaming g r e y
#poetry
hunt me in the
r i c o c h e t
seek me in the
ocean’s s p r a y
root me out of the
forest’s f r a y
find me in the
gloaming g r e y
#poetry
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
oh, love
hunt me in the
r i c o c h e t
seek me in the
ocean’s s p r a y
root me out of the
forest’s f r a y
find me in the
gloaming g r e y
#poetry
hunt me in the
r i c o c h e t
seek me in the
ocean’s s p r a y
root me out of the
forest’s f r a y
find me in the
gloaming g r e y
#poetry
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Dear One,
Strength is not the goal—love is.
Strength is not the goal—love is.
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Dear One,
Strength is not the goal—love is.
Strength is not the goal—love is.
she has
given herself
to the w a t e r
to currents that
buoy her barren body
like a scattering of twigs
to eddies that funnel her
towards a late unmaking
of all they shaped her to be
she is free, she is free
oh, my dearest darling
she is finally free
#poetry
given herself
to the w a t e r
to currents that
buoy her barren body
like a scattering of twigs
to eddies that funnel her
towards a late unmaking
of all they shaped her to be
she is free, she is free
oh, my dearest darling
she is finally free
#poetry
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
she has
given herself
to the w a t e r
to currents that
buoy her barren body
like a scattering of twigs
to eddies that funnel her
towards a late unmaking
of all they shaped her to be
she is free, she is free
oh, my dearest darling
she is finally free
#poetry
given herself
to the w a t e r
to currents that
buoy her barren body
like a scattering of twigs
to eddies that funnel her
towards a late unmaking
of all they shaped her to be
she is free, she is free
oh, my dearest darling
she is finally free
#poetry
oh, love
we have fallen
t o g e t h e r a g a i n
into this fraught orbit
where the air tastes
of scarlet and honey
where fractures bloom
beneath our fingertips
but we hold, oh we hold
the shatter of each other
#poetry
we have fallen
t o g e t h e r a g a i n
into this fraught orbit
where the air tastes
of scarlet and honey
where fractures bloom
beneath our fingertips
but we hold, oh we hold
the shatter of each other
#poetry
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
oh, love
we have fallen
t o g e t h e r a g a i n
into this fraught orbit
where the air tastes
of scarlet and honey
where fractures bloom
beneath our fingertips
but we hold, oh we hold
the shatter of each other
#poetry
we have fallen
t o g e t h e r a g a i n
into this fraught orbit
where the air tastes
of scarlet and honey
where fractures bloom
beneath our fingertips
but we hold, oh we hold
the shatter of each other
#poetry
they taught her
to fear every
type of hunger
to loom
to subsume
and consume
but she taught herself
to fear the d i r e things
a careless soul can be filled with
#poetry
to fear every
type of hunger
to loom
to subsume
and consume
but she taught herself
to fear the d i r e things
a careless soul can be filled with
#poetry
November 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
they taught her
to fear every
type of hunger
to loom
to subsume
and consume
but she taught herself
to fear the d i r e things
a careless soul can be filled with
#poetry
to fear every
type of hunger
to loom
to subsume
and consume
but she taught herself
to fear the d i r e things
a careless soul can be filled with
#poetry
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I forgot
how to hold
myself aloft today
too riddled with
these bones that
speak of sidewalks
and sofa beds and
other heavy things
my marrow weeps
beneath the crush
and bends
#poetry
how to hold
myself aloft today
too riddled with
these bones that
speak of sidewalks
and sofa beds and
other heavy things
my marrow weeps
beneath the crush
and bends
#poetry
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I forgot
how to hold
myself aloft today
too riddled with
these bones that
speak of sidewalks
and sofa beds and
other heavy things
my marrow weeps
beneath the crush
and bends
#poetry
how to hold
myself aloft today
too riddled with
these bones that
speak of sidewalks
and sofa beds and
other heavy things
my marrow weeps
beneath the crush
and bends
#poetry
Him: “Do you want to be isolationist or do you want to invite people?”
Me: “So basically, do I want to be myself or do I want to be someone else entirely?”
Me: “So basically, do I want to be myself or do I want to be someone else entirely?”
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Him: “Do you want to be isolationist or do you want to invite people?”
Me: “So basically, do I want to be myself or do I want to be someone else entirely?”
Me: “So basically, do I want to be myself or do I want to be someone else entirely?”