Tag: mental health

  • The Sound of You

    The Sound of You

    ​Gravel crunch and steel toe marchTrigger the hypervigilanceI instantly recallWhat ’til now I had forgottenAnd knowI’m in for it​If only I could shrink-I’d steal the gadget for you, honey-Instead, I freeze like a deer in headlightsDoom imminentTime traveling half-speed​My breathing is too loudCuz I’ve been holding itAnd my burning lungs alerted meSo the gasps come…

  • Eye in the Sky

    Eye in the Sky

    When you’re taughtthat God is the all seeing eye in the skyas a tactic for behavior and sin modification,it first strikes the fear of hell into youand thenInspires you to get better at hiding.Yet the hiding doesn’t stop at from others,but you also have to hide from yourself.If God knows everything,you can’t let Him know…

  • To New

    To New

    Although birth only fully happened once to me, rebirth has occurred multiple times. This blog is a way I hope to make sense and meaning out of the latest one, one centered around both body and soul. I want to explore, wrestle, question, lament, celebrate, relinquish, and bask in the now, the yesterday and the…

  • Shelf-Sitting

    Shelf-Sitting

    Trauma is like sitting on a shelf Watching your life go by such hustle and bustle a triadic tug of war between anxiety, hope, and depression. Linda’s momma said it so succinctly, “No, dear, she isn’t new.” My corduroy overalls are missing a button. I almost forgot I’m broken, myself the only one buying the…