swimming hard against the current in choppy white surf running barefoot in cold wet sand legs straining aching but afraid to stop to breathe what
Tag: Depression
Paler Shade of Winter
i long to paint but this unceasing palette of dirty whites of tired grays that lurks outside every window sucks the rich marrow from my
I Am the Sorrow
some days I do not just feel sorrow some days I am the sorrow I am the grey sky that threatens spitting snow I am
Submersion
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
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
