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Welcome to Throwback Thursday where I find a blog post that is at least five years old and compare how I was doing back then to how I am doing now. The following piece entitled “Metaphor” is a poem I wrote on December 26, 2012, comparing myself to the act of writing and story-telling. I […]
Read MoreShe has returned . . . a former, archaic version of myself that I had ignorantly believed I would never need again. Her revival has not been so subtle, and she has reprised her role as the destructor of my life, the tamer of hope, and the inventor of all necessity to be alone. She […]
Read Morethere are f e w words. went through R.A.D. self defense simulations yesterday flashbacks terror crying 13 hours later still not okay still crying still scared still terrified need safe hugs need peace need for it all to go away need to cope bad ideas in mind need help need to talk but there are […]
Read MoreI’m decompensating. I am fulfilling everything ever said about me. In my internship as a 6th grade Language Arts teacher, my parts have been out and I’ve lost time. My university supervisor has given me feedback regarding a comment he said I made to the students. It was a very demeaning, destructive comment. I have […]
Read MoreThe need to write is strong, but the words aren’t easy to come by. My mind is split. Raked out the center. Emptied of all reality. I’m disillusioned. Our actions are those taken by a troubled woman, but she feels no urgency at all. What for one woman might be a cry for help, for […]
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