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An Old Friend
It sits at the top of the deep creek bed Huge and formidable, un-moveable, It sits here as it has sat for centuries Was it brought down by some prehistoric landslide? Or maybe a 1000 year flood? I wonder how … Continue reading
Rooting for the Hermit
The soul so warm and wanting to play shackled and chained, locked safely away. Wounded and scarred, it cannot heal. Pain and scars she tries hard to conceal. The sweet hermit lives within a cave, darkness the master, she’s the … Continue reading
On Blogging and Empathy
I’ve been dealing with bronchitis on top of my PF, so not feeling very motivated to do much of anything lately, including write in this blog. I started this blog mainly just for me, somewhere to write when I felt … Continue reading
Swimming with Insomniacs
The water envelopes me, filling my senses, muffling the world around me till I hear only my own heartbeat. The stillness inhaled into the troubled lungs, quieting them, soothing them into compliance as the cool palliating air rushes in. Eyes … Continue reading
Don’t Flinch
Take a deep breath, they say Rest, relax, let it go! My breath goes nowhere So I take 20 more each one shallow, rapid, ineffective How do people not see it? All the hurt, all the pain, on an endless … Continue reading
Bottled Up
Cut Cut my finger blood spilled to paper dried and wrapped so carefully, Placed in a bottle with hope and yearning and sent it out to sea. The sea is rough Waves toss and churn the bottle’s journey long Yet … Continue reading
Into the veins, Enters the medicine Stinging, upheaving complacence gone. The cycle begins again. Bleeding with apathy, In this maze I’m too far down. Discarded by confidants, Gasping, I see I’m all alone, trying so hard not to drown. I … Continue reading
Don't Forget to Breathe 