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• Catharsis

  November 4, 2024

  What started as catharsis Is now my worst fear What was solace Now a dumping ground What was sacred For one weary, tortured soul A place of connection Now tens of thousands more suffering come together There are infinite voices Not one intertwined All screaming to an abyss But all it does is star...

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• Littles

  October 29, 2024

  This world seems pretty fucked up right now. I am so sorry that I brought you into this, but I'm not sorry I get to love you kids. You are amazing. I am grateful every time you snuggle in close, for everything you absorb, the amazement you share... I hope you always know that I…

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• Places we let go

  October 10, 2024

  It has a smell of musty leaves A sound of crunching Boats roaring Waves crashing It has my youth Dirt hills and bikes A sweaty run into a lake A push to swim, all the way Onto rocky shores Islands with holes between roots of pines A stinging catfish, a slippery silvery minnow Cold winds…

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• On that shore

  October 10, 2024

  Strange and spooky Home in the woods The pine tree growls Under a billion stars In the warm air Sounds float over the waves Carrying confessions Let everything go into the night Alone...I am not The soil pulsates, the trees carry song Strange creatures greet my spirit And sear into memory The gre...

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• Chisel

  September 27, 2024

  Do not read this I am not ready to share The beauty of these words Of every hidden scar Not a warrior yet Take every line from this only battlefield Not done grieving yet If there was a lesson here it'd be in ink And you. All of you would be embers Your hateful words…

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• Hiding

  January 1, 2024

  Yesterday, I went into the master bedroom and my husband was reading a book and he hid it under the blanket. I asked him what he was reading and he refused to show it to me. I had gone in to see if he wanted to watch The Crown. I said I didn't want to…

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• Happy Frickin Mother’s Day

  May 7, 2022

  My husband lost his job about two months ago. He refused to disclose his vaccine status. I had urged him to get vaccinated so he got the J&J shot but he was not happy about it. So now we have a 5-month-old baby girl and I am the only one working. Today he said he…

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• Dec 1

  November 15, 2021

  An estimated two weeks until our little one arrives. I'm not sleeping much. Her little bottom pushes into my ribs. Her head weighs on my pelvis. I feel paralyzed in packing the hospital bag, so it's empty. Yet I've managed to end up terribly sore and achy every night from cleaning the house Last ...

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