Life
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beginning to shift
The block in my brain is beginning to shift; It seems not a moment too soon.
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I AM NOT OK
Today (October 10) is World Mental Health Day. And I am not OK. Many around you are not OK. You may not be OK. But we live in a society where it is NOT OK to be “not OK”. We praise, reward, and seek to emulate those who portray “OK’ness” to the world at all…
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Fish-Eye Blind
On and on, up the food chain…
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The Paradox – Sonnet XXXIV
Why fail to act when acting holds the key? This riddle I have just begun to solve.
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it’s not my fault
It’s Friday, and I am not thinking
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Indeed, Beyond Survive, It Thrives
Indeed, beyond survive, it thrives; / More blossoms join the other.
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in a previous light
in the layers of life / it’s darkest in the middle / right where the eye wants to fall.
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America – A Lament
Turns out the abbreviation for United States is spot on.
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pavane funéraire
you feel alone now / but now is not forever
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Not Near Enough
The prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “near/far.” Use “near,” use “far,” use them both if you’d like. In fact, if you start your post with one and end with the other, you get bonus points! Enjoy! Near… 26 DAYS : 09 HOURS : 24 MINUTES : 12 SECONDS Time is such a crazy thing. Let’s take 2020 (and most of 2021 so far). Some…
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In this, so late a season
We welcome fruit from barren womb. / a love beyond all reason.
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Too.
…that soothing balm / For which / All our Sore Souls / Cry.
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Hiding in the Pews
The author is uniquely qualified to bring his story to the table. Not only was he a “pew hider”, he was also a “pulpit hider”, and after a suicide attempt, he became an advocate for those struggling in the pews and a coach for the leaders of those churches who misunderstand, stigmatize, and ultimately bring…
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Some Missing Pieces Aren’t Meant to be Filled. – #SoCS
Here’s the truth: we’re all incomplete puzzles and will likely ALWAYS be incomplete, even if we finally get our shit together with healthy spirituality, quality therapy and/or the right medication. In fact, spirituality, therapy and meds just help us deal with the fact that we have missing pieces and (hopefully) stop us from trying to…
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blackened quiet
knowing the nature of cycles is often all that moves us forward.
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Unexpected Roots
One must learn to bask in Here’s Now Glow / Before sprinting to the Next Brighter There.
