waters rose ‘round me so gradually so soothingly I barely noticed when gentle lapping against bare toes became insistent nudging of knees hips shoulders with
Tag: Depression
The Cubic Weight of Sadness
sadness covered her a blanket of thick wet snow yardstick-deep melancholy weighed her to the ground masked her eyes filled her nose her mouth deadening
Mirror Images
my reflection and I do not behave the way mirror images ought we do not face each other glassed twins one of us safely contained
Black and Blue
songs-that-rip-your-heart-to-shreds playlist on Spotify chosen unconsciously to pick at raw wounds that bleed too easily lying on the floor I stare at the ceiling uncomfortable
Insubstantial
I can feel the fading as color washes out of me I grow transparent insubstantial my feet no longer make contact with the ground I
Here I Stand
This is an autobiographical fragment from my first year at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice back in 1990. For those who
Misty Blue
angel from my left shoulder is on vacation reading Kafka at the Shore in a ruffled white tankini while sipping Shirley Temples sends quaint postcards
My Beast
caged beast hidden in my breast screams inchoate rage beats its fists into bloody pulp against metal ribs until they splinter reunited we cling fiercely
The Daily Song: 1-800-273-8255- Logic ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid
Music at its most powerful. Full of heart. Full of pain. I’ve been on the low I been taking my time I feel like I’m
