Extolling, and embodying, the virtues of creativity, and creative writing, to save the world. (Or, at least, myself.)
Actual photo taken by me. One of two places of any "significance" I've ever been, unless, of course, you count them all. Yesterday my soul slipped into the sea, It buoyed there a while and cried for you and me. That soulless surface scarred, it dredged the deepest dream, it swelled the strangest sigh... Yesterday … Continue reading On the Truth and Power of “Free-Association”
The bad in ME is the BAD in YOU, SIMPLY, because, it must be. Otherwise, how could I BE? To BE is to be good... But I can, ONLY, be good if I am good, and, therefore, not bad, BUT I AM BAD, and YOU ARE GOOD, therefore, for ME to be good, YOU need … Continue reading “Good vs. Bad”
"Enlightened Witness." A Prayer for EasterEstherPrayerPshawPshawYour prayers.P-Shaw.I’ll give you a prayer.Pshaw.I am your neighbor.I am your friend.I don’t need your prayers.Don’t pray to me.Don’t pray for me.I’m a public,Don’t you see.We don’t need your prayers.Prayers.Pshaw.Pshaw.Pshaw.Now, friends, they’re a different thing.Esther.Friend.Geri.Geraldine.Friend.Easter.Pshaw.Esther,Friend.We’ll rise again,In love with you, my friend.Esther.Geri.Geraldine.Amen.
The ArtistThe brush strokes are genius.An act of genius.An act.Not an act.But an Act.Action.Discernment.Pride.An act of discerning pride in another.Not the other.ButAnOther.Your soul mate.Your soul.But she’s blindso she doesn’t know.She’s been blindedby that pride.Their pride.Not the Pridethat she has,the Pride of a Lion.But the pride of vengeance for the Pride she shownAt the first breath…She … Continue reading “Ash…”
https://youtu.be/hqOOUJFv1n0?feature=shared "You?" WHO! Merry Christmas!
https://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder/narcissistic-sociopath They took it. The soulless ones. They robbed me. They called it love. But love doesn’t rob. At least I don’t think so. I wouldn’t know, quite honestly. It was gold, what they took. A golden nugget. A part of me that had gold inside. It was precious. What they took. It was vicious. … Continue reading “The Wounding”
https://psychcentral.com/pro/recovery-expert/2016/10/are-you-the-designated-scapegoat#1 You got me. You’ve done it. You’ve won. Because that is the game we were playing, yes? No? Because there are rules. Rule #1: Don’t admit to the game. It doesn’t exist. Rule #2: Play to the rules of the game or you will be excluded. Rule #3: We are all playing the game. … Continue reading “The Vanquished”
The Pause, a Space BetweenWhen was it?That you last —.WhenWasIt?WhereWereYou?WhoWereYou?WhoAreYou,Now?WhatAreYou,Now?WhoAreYou?WhatHaveYouBecome?WhatHaveWeBecome?Pause.TakeABreath.ASingle,SolitaryBreath.And,Then,Breathe,Again.BecauseYouDe-ServeIt.Breathe.—.Amen.
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Observations from the Brink 