There's a duality existing when what we long for finally arrives. In that moment we are tasked with facing it. Now, I am going back inside. I am choosing this journey. While still somewhat tired from writing "Cult Child", I want to keep myself surfing this wave lest it all disappear. As I am writing … Continue reading A Poster Child for Shame
"You're crazy." How often have you heard this phrase thrown around, either flippantly, in jest or to victim blame someone who has overcome or is recovering from abuse? I heard this often as a post-cult teenager and well into my adult years. While I was actually dealing with the behavioral aftermath of being an extremely … Continue reading Born Crazy: A Video Poem
Hurt I shut down Inside the silence Write it out Fight it out Empath This solitary epitaph Words come lucid Swept on tides Murky I am smothered By the pain of Sickened souls If I could touch them Make them whole Let them see How they shine So brightly How pure Their lives can be … Continue reading Clowns
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