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Calculus
169 days feeling like 169 lifetimes of missing you10,394 days, far too short a time to love you10,222 more days aheadto regret that I could not save youMy sweet childYour French Horn, your music, your poetryyour voice messages, photographs, your … Continue reading
28 Years
And when I walked the forest pathwaysI breathed easierSurrounded by those ancient treesGigantic ferns filling the space betweenWisdom, a powerful majestyOffering protection, offering healingWhen I walked the forest pathwaysMy whole being was filled With light, and hopeand a certainty that … Continue reading
Missing
I will not sleep tonightInstead I keep a vigilWaiting for him to come homeWaiting to tear up the missing persons reportMy son has gone missingVanishedTaking only his wetsuit, backpackNo phone, no ID, no food, no cashI filed the police reportThen … Continue reading
A Death Sentence with No Chance of Parole
Mental illness is a thief She stole his music, his intellect, his kindness Carelessly discarded his dreams on the Bothell Highway The shreds tossed in back of a police … Continue reading
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Across the Middle Distance
Dying slowly Empty, devoid of fear or any feeling Although sadness sometimes sneaks in through the locked door I am leaving, going away from the world Walking alone, carrying nothing, leaving nothing behind It is lonely and cold, and dark … Continue reading
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Tagged #bereavement #mentalillness #hopelessness, #heartbreak, #poetry
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Dancing with Godot on Pepper Sprout Pony Kegs
The lights on the going up stairs are confused they’re off at the bottom they’re off at the top which way is up which way is down is anyone’s guess The chaos descended, I believe, on Saturday morning although it … Continue reading
No Mascara
If you thought it was your last day Your very last You might wear a pretty red dress You might even curl your hair Although you might skip the mascara You want to leave in good form Mascara runs & … Continue reading
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Tagged #endings, #goodbye, #heartbreak, #mascara, #poetry, #red dress, #sadness, #wisdom
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Jack Dempsey & Me
Even Jack Dempsey had to get out of the ring He told me so, I was 10, it was New York So here I am all these years later, taking the gloves off Sitting in the corner Sucking hard on … Continue reading
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Tagged #boxing, #endings, #heartbreak, #jackdempsey, #mothers, #newyork, #poetry, #sadness
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!!!❤️💋❌⭕️!!!
I love your exclamation points! They are you, passionate, playful! You are not a question mark! There can be no question of your considerable charm! You excite me, period! So please hurry home and exclamation me!
Why the World Needs The Mentally Different
Originally posted on Redamancy Lit:
Okay. I’m not really allowed to say what I’m about to say. In public, we people who are mentally ill are supposed to hang our heads and only speak of our challenges as things we…
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