Category: Psychology

• Stories

  We live in storiesThe onesWe inhabitIn our heads The ones that weTell to eachOther To give understanding And hope To remind ourselvesThere’s somethingThat connectsUs all That binds usTo the fabric ofLife A purposeThat transcends Our smallHappiness And deep sadness We live in stories Because we can

  January 2, 2022

  acceptance, christianity, communication, Family dynamics, Home, inconvenient truths, Love, memories, mindfulness, Psychology, Relationship, self-knowledge, speaking up, story-telling

• Mangoes

  Ripe with aMalfeasanceThat threatensTo engulf meWhole Round, fulland yellowWith that lingeringScentAn inviting sweetnessTo biteInto juicy flesh You’d buy them for meAnd I’d reject them Only to takethem homeReluctantly,If only to stopYou from eatingThemand hurtingYourself Your colonCan’t take itThe two operationsThe growing cancerpushing intoYour peritoneum When you eat mangoesyour intestines get blockedAnd your pain escalates The […]

  December 26, 2021

  acceptance, anger, cancer, communication, dementia, Family, Family dynamics, Healing, Home, life, memories, mindfulness, mother and child relationship, Psychology, Relationship, self-knowledge

• Grief

  They talk about griefIt comes in stages Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Acceptance But do they talk aboutThe stabbing painIn your heart? Do they mentionHow hard it is to trust again?How fearful you feelOf falling in love Giving your heart away again? Do they talk about the hollownessThat you feel in the depths of your soul? Do […]

  November 14, 2021

  abuse, anger, Childhood trauma, communication, domestic violence, Grief, Healing, life, Love, Quiet, self-knowledge, soul, Time