Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day 2022. I’ve never enjoyed Valentine’s Day. The artificial sweetness professed as “true love,” acrid chocolates placed in heart-shaped boxes, and anvil-like pressure placed upon partners to present the “best gift ever” disgust me. Why would I need my partner to spend hundreds, or thousands of dollars to profess love to meContinue reading “Back in MY Day…”
Category Archives: Thoughts on Life
What do I REALLY look like?
The mirror stands before me, but I don’t know how to use it. It offers a reflection of a person that I don’t recognize. Wide set hips, full soft midsection, tiny breasts that appear to be glued to a shell of a torso…Who is this person? A flame of hair falls over my shoulders. SmokeContinue reading “What do I REALLY look like?”
Stuck…The Sequel
Did you do it? It’s okay, I’ve been there too. In fact, I live “it” on a daily basis. “It” lives outside me because “it’s” too large to fit within the confines of my skin. “It” is my vulnerability, and I wear it like a cloak, a shadow, a name. I understand if you blinkedContinue reading “Stuck…The Sequel”
Do You Need the Lyrics, or the Music?
Sometimes You Need the Lyrics, Sometimes You Need the Tune The clouds in your mind are thick. They consume your thoughts and feelings. Ache tugs at your heart, while your body vibrates to its own high stressed frequency. Sounds surround you. They confine you to space where you lack control. Claustrophobic in an open space,Continue reading “Do You Need the Lyrics, or the Music?”
Living Life as a “Stuck” Person
When you live your life as a “stuck” person, make sure no one knows your struggles. The minute you walk out into the world, and someone recognizes your position: BOOM the expectations will strike – HARD. What is a “stuck” person? A person who is trapped for reasons either their own, or those imposed byContinue reading “Living Life as a “Stuck” Person”
Beautifully Broken 