What is it? This dark, ugly place that lives in the outer reaches of the center The place that is familiar and yet loathed The place where I can turn my back on everything that is good Everything I’ve built Every gift I’ve been given Never to be seen by the light of day Or […]
Let me move through this, oh Lord Let me walk through the darkness with light in my steps knowing that truth dwells within Let me grow through this, oh Lord Let me know that the lesson was worth the pain and through the struggle I did gain A love that brings me closer to you, […]
It is hard to put into words, and I reason with myself…is it necessary to try to remember it so that I can document it? Isn’t it enough that it was my reality and I had to hold on to the idea of light just to make it through? I suspended life…I disconnected from my […]
Life. Death. A thin line. I’ve walked for years, Straddling, One leg firmly planted on the side of life. The other in the air, crossing the center, balanced like a gymnast on the beam. Life. Death. One is here, where my foot is planted firmly, and there are times that it feels darker, than being […]
This is a series of poems that follow a very deep healing experience. I put a disclaimer here to say that it deals with child sexual abuse and while I hope it affords healing, I beg you to proceed only if you are in a place of safety and can handle it. Unfortunately, I cannot […]
This post is a part of a series of writings during a time of deep healing and transformation. The following are links to the other writings in the series in chronological order: Introduction & Haiku, The Funny Thing About Truth, The Journey To…, He Said I Have Anger, The Long Sleepless Night, Broken Arrow, Safe, […]
This post is a part of a series of writings during a time of deep healing and transformation. The following are links to the other writings in the series in chronological order: Introduction & Haiku, The Funny Thing About Truth, The Journey To…, He Said I Have Anger, The Long Sleepless Night, Broken Arrow, Safe, […]