Tag: emotional health
Of Flowers and Thorns
My friend is like a hummingbird, flapping her wings eighty times per second. Her voice goes up an octave when she talks about him and her words spill out of her like flower petals on parade. The symptoms of first love, or lust, or wanting, or whatever it is. She Read more
The Voice Within
When I can listen to the voice inside of me, I will be free. I have allowed myself to become shackled by the expectations of others. I have muted my own voice. Other people fill my heads with shoulds, what I should wear, what I should want, how much money Read more
Are PTSD Survivors Weak? Here is What My Mom Thinks
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is anything but a weakness. It is our strength. It means that we kept going. About six of every ten adults in the United States experience at least one traumatic experience in their lifetime. Some individuals who have gone through a trauma turn out fine, with Read more
Black Sheep
Call me the black sheep, the could be the wanted to be but never was. Name me the backdrop, the shadow, the breakthrough that never did. I was the nightlight that burned out, looking like a spotlight that failed. I tried to be the center but I got sidelined, where Read more
The Apology I never thought I would receive from the Kindergarten Bully
It was kindergarten. I was in my colorful floral dress that flowed over my bright magenta leggings. I wore white socks that had lace on the ends. I might have even had my purple patterned headband with gold outlines. I was learning how to be a four-year-old, navigating herself in Read more
Pet Friendly
I am not a patient person and yet, somehow I find the patience, for her. Maybe it’s because she needs no words to show me what she wants, just a tilt of the head to the left or the right. Her gold and grey swirls of fur glisten when she Read more
Enormous Silence
Silence sails on an enormous ocean floor, crashing frothy waves like an invisible ember burning to keep you warm. Oblong rays inside a bell jar with plastic people counterfeited on broken lids to resemble fake humanity. Confinement slices across thick loaves of bread straight out of the oven, like a Read more