Izzy Lala’s Writings

05/05/2026

"When the Sun Recedes"

From the windowpane, a clouded sky swells
like painful memories
Colored grey, a darker season
When unpredictable rainclouds covered the light
That mirrored the spirit of my youth
In my naivety, I thought the sun would never fade,
That life would be clear as blue skies always

Unlike that wet, murky day
we drove the slick freeway home
barely seeing out the car windows,
windshield wipers struggling to give clarity
I think about what had become of me
As foggy eyes meet mine through the side rearview,
The haze blocking my gaze of the child who glowed
Like the sun at high noon
Running through sprinklers, giggling in a warmth
We thought we’d always feel.
We drive through puddled roads and trees rattling
In thrashing winds
and I wonder if I will ever feel light again

No sign of a storm’s end.

I revisit those memories from time to time
When the sun recedes behind grey hues
And thank God for the moments it resurfaces.

-Izzy Lala

05/02/2026

“That Train of Hope”

Can you see it coming?
That whistling train of hope, sent to take you away
to the place of your dreams, that roaring machine
muted by disbelief and hazed by the fog of uncertainty
from a distance it screams
To get on, to not forget
That a few miles from here is your gift -
A destination away from that dim city
Of despair, where nothing seems to thrive
To a place of beauty and joy, if only you would climb
aboard and imagine it, good things come
to those who wait In faith
That aged ticket placed in your heart,
wrinkled with time and buried
in the pocket of doubt –
that’s your way out, your key
To hope for a better tomorrow
Align with it and you will see.

- Izzy Lala

04/30/2026

"Now I Choose to Rise Above"

Every day the choice is made
to stay atop dark waters,
To float above a sea of negativity
that once tried to drown me.
Sometimes, when the waves rise high,
crash upon my mind,
the descension begins,
then I remember my younger self – a girl once trapped
By a vastness of voices,
overcome by roaring tide of despair,
Engulfed by a whirl of judgements, of lies
Until she embodied that ocean of insecurity
That weight of darkness.
Too weak to swim against the current,
too naïve to perceive this truth -
That she could rise above any barrier
if she would only choose.
Often, she’d look at her reflection in terror,
a rippling glare of sadness-
An image she was never meant to hold.
Slowly sinking, beyond blue hues
to a bottomless black
Until an arm reached down and pulled her back
To life.
The revelation was clear –
She didn’t have to succumb to rising tides of doubt -
A force designed to wash her away.
Nor did she have to be overcome by a raging body of lies
She could choose to bravely walk atop
the dark thoughts meant to take her life.
Now I choose breath and life with every thought I think
Because I know what it’s like to sink.

- Izzy Lala

02/03/2026

https://izzylala.com/blog-1/2026/02/03/in-search-of-beauty-during-chaos/

Even in the midst of my confusing and chaotic mind, I found an escape in the stillness. When everyone was gone for the day, I sat on a living room sofa in silence, peering at the pale sun shedding streams of light through a window. Its rays often lit up the room, even in

01/07/2026

https://izzylala.com/blog-1/2026/01/07/you-are-a-masterpiece-and-how-to-see-it/

I believe many of us see ourselves as though we are not exactly as beautiful, valuable, or worthy as we would like to be. We might compare ourselves to other women and think they are prettier, smarter, more fun, or more creative. Whatever the case may be, I believe it’s time to change the

12/30/2025

https://izzylala.com/blog-1/2025/12/30/beauty-in-new-beginnings/

The beauty is that you can change the way you see things by simply deciding that you are going to begin again. As 2025 wraps up, we see another chapter closing again. Perhaps you felt alive in 2025, but perhaps you also felt the weight of the world upon you. You may be looking around at

12/23/2025

https://izzylala.com/blog-1/2025/12/23/beauty-in-the-gift-you-bring/

The truth is that what you are is the true gift. You – your true self – is the gift. So, in any room you enter, let it be that you bring your true self, the beauty that resides within you. Have you ever wondered whether you had anything to offer? Ever entered a room

12/09/2025

https://izzylala.com/blog-1/2025/12/09/beauty-of-a-different-kind-and-how-to-find-yours/

When I was younger, I heard it said that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder.' But what did it mean? When everything around me showed me that my beauty was not seen. What does it mean to be beautiful? According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of ‘beautiful’ means ‘pleasing the sense...

11/18/2025

https://izzylala.com/blog-1/2025/11/18/youve-got-a-way-out-of-your-suffering/

We all have faced, are facing, or will face some type of hardship, something you think you cannot survive. Whether inflicted by you or by some outer source, suffering is suffering. But there is something greater than your suffering – and that is the power of faith. Have you ever felt like you had ...

11/12/2025

Read about this LOVE that set me free

Before I even turned 21, I was already going down a dark path and was on the brink of su***de. I was on a hopeless quest for love in all the wrong places. Although I did not know it was love I was looking for at the time. All I knew was that nothing