Tag: sadness

• When She Goes

  When she goesIn her blue dressAnd pearls What will I do? When they send herInto the fireThe last I will see Of her How will I move? She’s all I can seeIn the ocean of my mindHer greyed hairHer drooping eyesHer tiredness Yet stronger stillIs her presence in meThe woman I knew30 years ago The…

  meowmeowproject

  March 20, 2023

  acceptance, Approval, art therapy, communication, crafts, emotional processing, Family, Family dynamics, finding your own voice, Grief, Healing, life, Love, Relationship, self-knowledge, vulnerable

  art therapy, authenticity, Death, emotional processing, Family of Origin, Letting go, loneliness, Love, Relationship, relationships, sadness, vulnerability

• Who Are You?

  This poem is about my father who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2015. He died within 6 weeks of his diagnosis. After announcing his condition through email, he refused to see anyone for two whole weeks. He was a very independent and proud man who wanted to take care of business before letting people…

  meowmeowproject

  February 6, 2022

  abuse, acceptance, anger, Approval, childhood, Childhood trauma, communication, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Grief, Healing, inconvenient truths, Love, Marriage, memories, Morality, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul, speaking up, story-telling, Time, vulnerable

  Broken homes, covert abuse, deception, delusion, divorce, emotional abuse, Family, Family of Origin, gaslighting, Grief, identity, Intimacy, Introjection, lies, loneliness, memories, music, narcissism, perception, Psychology, Relationship, sadness, trauma, victim blaming

• Epitaph

  As if life wasn’t hard enoughYou and I danced a beautifulDance of dysfunction As I look backThere were all these signsBut why did I ignore them? Was it because I wasDrawn to the fireAs a moth is drawn toThe flame? You told me life was preciousBut you didn’t knowJust how precious it wasUntil you walked…

  meowmeowproject

  August 13, 2021

  christianity, communication, domestic violence, Gender roles, Healing, life, Love, Marriage, Psychology, Relationship, religion, self-knowledge, soul

  authenticity, Broken homes, Childhood trauma, christianity, codependency, conformity, contested divorce, covert abuse, deception, delusion, divorce, domestic violence, emotional abuse, femininity, gaslighting, identity, lies, loneliness, Love, Marriage, niceness, perception, personality, Psychology, Relationship, sadness, traps, victim blaming

• How Do I Let Go?

  How do I let goOf someone that was never thereA person that was not realA conceptI fell in love with And did 10 yearsOf my life with? Flesh and bloodDust specks all aroundHe sat in frontOf the computer screen He was mineMine to holdMine to loveMine to touch I was hisHis to useHis to plunderHis…

  meowmeowproject

  August 8, 2021

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  abuse, authenticity, Broken homes, codependency, contested divorce, covert abuse, deception, delusion, divorce, domestic violence, emotional abuse, femininity, gaslighting, identity, narcissism, Relationship, relationships, sadness, traps, victim blaming

• Nice Girl

  You try to be kindYou try to be goodBut have you been kindTo yourself? Have you thoughtAbout how muchYou can bearHow much you can carry? The only crossYou ever needed to carryWas your ownYet you had no time for that You see the sadnessAnd loneliness in othersBut do you seeThe devastation in your own heart?…

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  July 30, 2021

  abuse, christianity, communication, Gender roles, life, Love

  authenticity, codependency, emotional abuse, femininity, niceness, Relationship, sadness