Sarah Gilbert, a very smart friend, recently shared her personal mantra: 'do what you can, when you can.' I REALLY needed to hear this. I REALLY needed to hear it right now. 2022 could best be summed up as 'the year I lived in a dark cave'. Living with chronic invisible illness is frustrating/isolating/depressing/enraging at … Continue reading Happy New Year
hyper- focus is an art i slip into words into screen until i am nothing. . . nothing but blinking cursor nothing but task decoded into nibbles into bytes i swim free i dread interruption disruption yanks me rudely violently back into body no longer able to block out to ignore this wrecked vessel excruciatingly … Continue reading Byte
the profanity I utter rising from sitting to standing is sharp salty as hip and knee joints crack open like lobster claws and muscle fibers tear with a rip we do not wash mouths out with soap in this house words of power are allowed © 2018 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
the profanity I utter rising from sitting to standing is sharp salty as hip and knee joints crack open like lobster claws and muscle fibers tear with a rip we do not wash mouths out with soap in this house words of power are respected © 2018 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
bullets of pain explode out through the lumbar spine create a fractured starburst pattern radiating out to hips now akimbo shoulder blades knifed forward in self-protective arch pale fingertips recoil hastily from the blast although no shotgun residue confirms their guilt the jury is hung from throbbing spinal cords no verdict in sight © … Continue reading Inside Job
Brave & Reckless 