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Tag Archives: introspection
Sinister Eyes
You took the knife, stabbing my heart. You bruised my skin, you left your mark. Yet, here you come with your sinister eyes. As if some new man, you’re the devil in disguise. You expect me to bend and to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Poetry
Tagged #abuse, #fearless, #metoo, #revenge, #standuptobullies, introspection, Poetry
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Changes in Mindset – On Health
Many of you know, I lost my mother on the day after Christmas, six years ago. Her loss hit me very hard, and I slipped into a deep depression for years. I have slowly brought myself out of that depression, … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons, Personal, This Is Me
Tagged #enlightenment, #epiphany, #forgiveness, #lifelessons, health, introspection
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If I Could Go Back In Time
i would travel to fifteen and tell her to hold her head high to not compare herself to other girls now or at thirty-five for we are not the kind of beautiful that turns heads or steals breaths we are … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, This Is Me
Tagged beauty, introspection, Personal, Poetry, prose, selflove, selfworth
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Checkmate!
I am just a pawn with paths laid out before me moving pace by pace- *** Dark & light intertwined before me, behind me, within me- *** Seduced by freedom from the mundane my soul seeks adventure- *** Stuck on … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Poetry
Tagged #dreams, fear, introspection, Poetry, selfcare, selflove
12 Comments
Where Do I Go From Here?
It’s not the darkness that haunts me nor is it the fear of the unknown It is this feeling of being lost the wandering the now that I don’t like. I am deep in the woods and the branches … Continue reading
I Will Rise
right now at this very moment the wolf inside is trying to free herself of me to sink her teeth into flesh but as she bares them, growling she fades away to nothing the dragon that lives in my chest … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Poetry, This Is Me
Tagged darkness, hurt, introspection, jobloss, Lessons, pheonix, Poetry
19 Comments
I Lost My Job Today
It’s funny sometimes how we can pick up on vibes when something is telling us, something is just not quite right. When I woke up this morning, I had no idea the devastation that was going to hit me. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons, Personal, This Is Me
Tagged #lifelessons, career, hurt, introspection, jobhunt, laidoff, unemployment
49 Comments
The Little Things
Fresh fruit, ripe and sweet memories inside, buried deep. Ocean walks, with naked feet the memories, I’ve yet to meet. Laughing so hard, my eyes start to leak solitary moments, no one need speak Classic rock, blues guitars light their … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, This Is Me
Tagged #thisisme, favoritethings, introspection, littlethings, liveyolife, Poetry
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Practicing Gratitude
Thank you my everlong morning this early spring which is ageless. My front porch where I can sit in nothing but my negligee and wear the sunlight in my hair. The coffee for the buzz pulsating through my veins, and … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons, Personal, Poetry
Tagged #nature, gratitude, introspection, mornings, Poetry, Spring
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My Burning Heart
Can’t you feel my burning heart – leaping through my bosom bleeding on pages? Can’t you feel the rain – my tears, trying to reach you saying, “I’m here?” Compassion is in my nature I have been here … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Poetry, This Is Me
Tagged #thisisme, anger, introspection, Poetry, selflove
11 Comments