Free Verse.
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if i had the chance.
I am strong, but not impervious. Things still get to me, too.Sometimes I falter and fall off the path. This is part of life.The main thing is having the courage to get myself together and find my way back—this is the hardest part.There is no field manual for how to make yourself believe that you… Continue reading
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a fool’s hope.
It takes so much courage to dream of being someone you’ve never been beforeto break away from the familiar and set out on a path to someplace new(a new identity, perhaps)and to think to ourselves, maybe I can try things this way just for a little whileuntil we find our way fitting into a new… Continue reading
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for the yearning spirit.
My heart belongs in the great white openout on the crest of a rocky oceansideoverlooking shady seasWith hands made for digging trenchesand mending fencesfor leading herds to water and predators asunderMy spirit was meant to taste the giddyupof wide open spaces,not confined to these tiny little placesI was made of strong stock, for hard work,… Continue reading
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re: healing from trauma.
There is so much about overcoming trauma from our early years that we don’t talk about like how some memories are seated in our subconscious like uninvited guests who won’t leave while others are fuzzy on the details, causing us to question “Did that actually happen the way I remember?” And how our personalities are… Continue reading
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re: lessons on love, and everything else I’ve Learned.
Love is a much a choice as it is a feeling (it took me years to learn this one. I am grateful to have learned it, though.) Not everything in love is about feeling good. Sometimes, it’s about not feeling good at all. Because, when we love openly and authentically, we make choices based on… Continue reading
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what i would say to you.
~ None of this is what it was supposed to be I wasn’t supposed to go through all of this alone Now I’m broken and defective, Working every day to repair what’s wrong with me It’s been a long hard journey to this side I suppose I should be proud But I feel like an… Continue reading
living in defiance. 