Ringfinger
Wrap my eyes in bandagesConfessions I see throughI get everything I wantWhen I get part of you The Only One vs. The Place-marker The Only One: They expect access to…
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Writing assignment 1. (2.0) * The War. You know.. What they donβt tell you about war is that most of the time you are waiting. You wait for everything: the…
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You have just written a guide to care for a version of yourself that did not get what they needed. Now, think of someone else in your lifeβsomeone who was…
The Boy Who Sang The Sky Open
Once, in the place where souls draft stories before they are born, there was a woman made of ink and ocean. She had eyes like tide-pools and hands that stitched…
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There is a version of you that is still waiting to be cared for. Describe them. How old are they? Where are they hiding? What are they afraid of? Now:…
Action/Reaction
No one can make you feel anything without your consent. If someone bumps into you as they walk by and does not even bother to see if you are knocked…
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You are on trialβnot for your actions, but for your impact. Imagine the person you have hurt most is standing before a jury of strangers and explaining what your behaviour…
Love Of My Life
In relationship therapy, I once took a test that scored me remarkably low on commitment. The results were politely blunt: You do not really see the point, do you? Rudeβbut…
An Introduction No One Asked For (Including Me)
Greetings, I suppose. This is a blog. I am one of the people behind "the curtain". I wouldnβt call myself βexcitedβ to be here, but Iβm present, which in this…
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Sometimes the worst thing you inherit is not abuseβit is neglect. Make a list of everything that was not passed down to you. Then list the ways that lack became…
Prompt 12Β½
Β βThe Invisible Chapterβ So, I received your response to Prompt 12. Three stories. Three harms. Three names. One notable omission. I noticed something. Not just that I was not one…
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Write about three people you have hurt. You do not appear in their stories. These are slices of lifeβquiet, mundane, real. But at the very end of each narrative, include…