STARTING OVER

I’m inside four walls Locked and bolted Cemented inside Echoes from without Beg to get within As I lay on my back Pondering what’s been And focusing on how I’ll begin yet again Locked and bolted Inside these four walls

ANXIETY FEELS LIKE

Anxiety feels like A polarized heart With a disorganized beat Tearing your insides apart Looking for a solution Inside a wired mess Of irrational pollution Buzzing electricity Of an adrenaline high As it reaches full toxicity Painfully tense muscles In a constant and rigid flex Making calm breath a struggle Anxiety feels like Emotional electrocution

DROWNING IN HER WORDS

This is the kind of story that prompted me to host the topic on “Bullies”.  This girl is beautifully brave and I hope you hear what she has to say.  Her voice is only going to get stronger with our support.  Help Courtney share her her message, her voice! DROWNING IN HER WORDS by Courtney…

THE LONGEST NIGHT

I have been wanting to post this for awhile now and today seems like a great day to do it.  Thank you Jerry for sending this poem to me and for being a good friend.  Written by DodgySurfer   Dark is the night And long it lasts My demons dwell On matters past   I…

FEAR WON’T WIN

Today I am happy to be a part of the blogging world so I can bring you the beautiful guest blogger…Beth Teliho. Read her words, and be fearless… FEAR WON’T WIN by Beth Teliho I have a confession. Sometimes I’m scared shitless. SHIT. LESS. I have a fiction novel publishing in a few months. The…

MISAPPROPRIATED IMAGINATION II

When my husband leaves for work my daughter usually jumps in bed with me until we both wake up to begin our day.  She is 10 and I never once considered telling her she is old enough to stay in her own bed because for 1 hour before each day starts I am allowed to…

FINAL 31 DAYS OF HORROR LINKUP

FINAL 31 DAYS OF HORROR SUNDAY LINKUP Thank you to EVERYONE who wrote or read this month! GRAVE CHOICE SYMPHONY OF THE DAMNED NUMBER ONE CRUSH WITCH HUNTER THE LADY OF PORTHCAWL A VERY JESSICA HALLOWEEN BEHOLD A WHITE HORSE and finally JESSICA   If you had been reading along you would have read the…

THE DEATH OF SILENCE

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I think marriage is sometimes like being in a horror film.  Communication stops and it feels as if you are a ghost trapped inside the confines of a broken down house. The best part about a horror film though, is the ending… if you aren’t afraid to sit through it all. It can…

CRUSH

31 DAYS OF HORROR LINK UP YOUR HORRIFIC TRUTHS OR FICTION IN THE COMMENTS BELOW Written by Matticus and Hastywords Rogue waves gather their strength and formidable reserves, Hiding amongst lesser brethren, stealthily approaching, Caring nothing for fairness, they know nothing of deserve, Emotionlessly crush, sending their victims reeling. Whitecaps surface indicating turbulent seas mixing…

UNDERWATER

31 DAYS OF HORROR (Last week of link ups…link post in comments) I keep breaking down; it’s the way things are now Just a series of ebbs and flows, ceaseless movement No way out of the waves pushing me endlessly towards Towards… Towards… Heels digging in as I fight the future; tumbling, falling Marking every…