It’s difficult to look myself directly in the eyes — for fear of what I’ll see in them. Fear? Or his brother, shame. Yes, I’ll see him sitting in there, one leg dangling out of each socket. “Look at what an anxious fool you let yourself become!” he says, patiently, all-knowingly. I walk around withContinue reading “Shame”
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Rain
It’s awfully scary to be locked up in some dark skin, feel the twirling of your insides — in and out this nervous energy is moving me — finding a way out is so easy so easy to do I’ve heard it before but I still feel it trickling, tinkling, tinkering with my mind andContinue reading “Rain”
Love is Now
I do not have to save the world. I do not have to solve every problem. I do not have to be perfect. I only have to be here, now. The only way I disrupt the now is by focusing on the pain of the past or the uncertainty of the future. Continue reading “Love is Now”
Reaching Joy 