Tag: self growth

• Glass

  After trauma I kept repeating reactions to it as if I was fighting with a ghost. I felt really humiliated when the same experiences happened again. My friends and family looked at me like I was crazy. What’s wrong with her she used to be a smart girl. Why can’t she figure this out. The…

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  December 29, 2021

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• Drama king

  You said you hated all the fighting that you got into with your friends on group chat and you couldn’t stand the drama You were misunderstood by your team you said No one seemed to understand your off-brand wisdom I worked to the bone to unravel your complicated mess because you looked at me with…

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  December 23, 2021

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• Comraderie

  In the fight against the world, we fought on the same side, for the same cause. We’re brothers, you said Then you slept with other girls. You always wanted to be right. In love, you treated me like a woman. I tried to teach you to be my equal. But you only knew how to…

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  December 20, 2021

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• Perennial

  I’m waiting for these orchids to bloom. At first I was skeptical because I don’t have good experience with keeping plants alive. I got into plants only a year ago, when I first bought this one. I bought them when we were talking and we first met. You were helping me with things. I stayed…

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  December 19, 2021

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• Asking the postman

  I had a friend I knew since I was in middle school and over time we realized there was a bond that stood still among the ups and downs of life and more importantly through the changes and transformations in ourselves. In our late twenties we converged and being married was on our minds. When…

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  December 18, 2021

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• The fall of summer

  The taste of apple, kale and ginger reminds me of the first day of fall, maybe even before that actually, more like the first day in the summer when you knew it was ending. The memory of summer feels like one long day that turned into one long night. Warm and hazy, I swam through…

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  November 13, 2021

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• Digesting

  Pain is something you digest Soak it in acid Break it down Get to the bad parts The mad memories The person you were when you were weak When you face the pain you break it Break it down Into crumbles Until you can pick apart the truths And get the nutrients you need from…

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  September 18, 2021

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