Poetry Series – Proudest Anniversary

I would have argued that calling something a sin is the surest way to draw someone to it. I’ve always had this tendency to do the things I was told not to. Often it’s the idea that people that give off an illusion of being well-intentioned are often hiding more sinister, selfish, motives. I startContinue reading “Poetry Series – Proudest Anniversary”

Poetry Series – Paranoia

There’s an importance to finding balance, a point of grounding, when your opponent is a strong force. I remember wrestling, fighting, always in play but always with firmness and a need to assert myself. The most important thing you can do is get yourself firmly grounded, even if you’re not the one with the mostContinue reading “Poetry Series – Paranoia”

Poetry Series – Don’t Go Back

I can’t shake the feeling that I’ve left people behind. Some of them I keep finding myself wanting to go back for, worried that I didn’t leave a clear path for them to follow. I get into these moods of letting go, clearing out, but then I wonder if I didn’t give something enough thoughtContinue reading “Poetry Series – Don’t Go Back”

Poetry Series – Bodily Betrayal

I am far from ready to talk about it, so I’m going to write about it. My body betrayed me and it’s almost as if it had to make sure that I knew. I get it, that sounds like paranoia, a disorder of some sort. Your body doesn’t have a mind of its own. ButContinue reading “Poetry Series – Bodily Betrayal”

Poetry Series – Weekend Falling

Life isn’t meant to be easy, only simple. We aren’t meant to make it through unscathed but with stories and lessons. The people that you’re meant to keep around won’t make you feel bad for being who you really* are. If you never have to tell someone that you’re upset, hurt, or “no” in theContinue reading “Poetry Series – Weekend Falling”

Poetry Series – Feelings

Sometimes I wonder if I’m being too harsh. I have this tendency to pendulum from one extreme to the next as I seek out balance. I went without boundaries for so long that sometimes I set the shock of my electric fence too strong, arrowed innocent bystanders out of fear of them being enemies, buildContinue reading “Poetry Series – Feelings”

Poetry Series – Three Twenty

I’ve been more inconsistent here than I’d like to be but I’m releasing judgment on the fact that I started a new job a week ago, had a chaotic week before that, and am finding the time when I can. I’m releasing myself from writing as an obligation and allowing that writing is what IContinue reading “Poetry Series – Three Twenty”

Poetry Series – Silent Crying

Sometimes it feels like the whole world is crashing down around me. Normally, right now, I’d be running. Pack my car up, have someone help with my son a few extra days for the week, and run – put enough distance between myself and everyone that thinks they know me. My boyfriend doesn’t know it,Continue reading “Poetry Series – Silent Crying”

Poetry Series – Wonderful

The things we see, feed ourselves repetitively, slowly shape our core beliefs of ourselves and the world around us. This is the idea behind the nurture side of the nature vs nurture debate. We become what we are surrounded by. I think debates are so focused on figuring out who is right that they oftenContinue reading “Poetry Series – Wonderful”

Poetry Series – Kevin

Rewind to 15-year-old me, I would give you an entire speech about the replaceable nature of people. Present-day, I hold a lot of the same beliefs as that version just in a more mature form. I’d tell you now, give you a whole speech, about how important it is to let go of people. ApproachContinue reading “Poetry Series – Kevin”