Traitor

You have to go. I wish you never existed. The thrill of you is not worth The ache. .Weeks of wishing for you And I have you without Having you. …

My C-PTSD

“Unlike other forms of psychological disorders, the core issue in trauma is reality.” Bessel A. von der Kolk — Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body and …

“And she thought…”

And she thought I am wasted. I am ruin. I am one. But she fought For her mind. For her soul. For herself. She won. .

A Habit of Isolation

“Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.”—Joseph Roux I am currently baffled by the process of making friends. I never had a ton of friends as a kid or a teenager, but I …

Spot on Advice: “You Can’t Co-Parent With A Toxic Ex, But You Can Do This Instead”

“You cannot co-parent with a narcissist. I repeat, YOU. CANNOT. CO-PARENT. WITH. A. NARCISSIST.”—Jenny Penland “You Can’t Co-Parent With A Toxic Ex, But You Can Do This Instead” If you are …

The Last Five Years

“Running on empty, there was nothing left in me but doubt I picked up a pen And wrote my way out (I wrote my way out)”—”Wrote My Way Out” I …

Echos

“Alchemy doesn’t work like that. He’s under the influence of unbound principles. You can’t flush those out the way you’d try to get rid of mercury or ophalum.”—Sim, The Wise …

I Bought a House and Died a Little Inside

“This promotion throws into sharp relief that which I have not yet achieved.”–James Norrington,  Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl It’s been a year and a …

Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! (Part 1 of 3)

“Survival was once the only gauge of success in managing serious burn cases. Today, however, the overriding objective of burn care has become reintegration of the patient into the home …