Never Looking Back
It took so long, longer than it should have taken… she’d found her voice, found herself after a journey drowned in noise. She was free, finally free to be, yet Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: self-esteem
Polly Chromatic
They called her Polly Chromatic, though it wasn’t her name. They said her real name didn’t matter, making one up was just the same. They didn’t count on her owning Continue Reading →
Chasing Acceptance
There was a point along the road when she realized the truth: being different was going to have to do. Chasing acceptance was a dead end, at best a cul-de-sac Continue Reading →
Seeing Nothing
You looked at me to see someone else, someone from your past, someone I couldn’t be. You looked through me to find someone else, someone who was less of this, Continue Reading →
Holding Tight to Toxicity
What is this thing you do? You don’t wish to die alone and so you hold tight to your humiliator, your abuser, your apathetic acquaintances, your toxic friends… Sit. Think. Continue Reading →
Escaping Victimhood
Waiting for the other shoe to drop, the first a gentle tap, the second a casket lid closing, an echo spilling grief in your lap. It’s emptiness in a bottle Continue Reading →
Defining Your Lines (A Story of Self in Rhyme)
Unseen and huddled as she was in full view, she released dangerous tears anew. They flowed beneath her cheeks on the inside, falling to her heart’s emotional lies. A little Continue Reading →
Who’s There for You?
You try and you fail, and other times succeed, and over time you understand the one to count on, the one you need, is you. No other cares, or will Continue Reading →
Measure
Nature in her imperfect perfection, what humans ignore when advertisers preach statistical failings. And so, here we are, parts of the scheme, flawed, striving and wailing, yet always believing we’re Continue Reading →
Shelter
Shelter and harbor elusive, whether stone, wood, or an embrace. A warm place, a safe haven, too seldom realized, too often trapped in dreams where love has been. Now is Continue Reading →