Head: So, you ready to talk about this yet? Heart: What’s there to talk about? I haven’t changed my mind. Head: Seriously? How many times do you have to hear “Move on. This isn’t going to work.” before you actually…
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Torn
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As Gabrielle started to wake, flashes of her dreams came back to her. Images of what her brain had tried to process overnight. She couldn’t make out everything. A face. A landscape. If the dreams had been particularly interesting, she…
Unspoken
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so many words we don’t say acts of protection acts of self-preservation are they unsaid because we fear the words or because we fear the vulnerability behind them so much i want to say i refrain not wanting to scare…
Trigger
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Walking across the threshold, I had no idea I’d be so overcome with emotions. I actually had to stop and compose myself before going any further. It had been about six years since I had stepped foot in a place…
Musical Musings – No Day But Today
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Watching an Idina Menzel concert on PBS last week, I was reduced to a blubbering mess during her performance of “No Day But Today” from Rent. People who know me well would probably be surprised to learn that I’ve never…
Engraved
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The first full day I had to myself after my ex moved out, I celebrated. Feeling like a huge weight had been lifted off of me, I made myself a nice dinner and opened an ’85 Cabernet that had been…
Out With the Old…
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I’ve been spending a lot of time purging lately. Purging the house and garage of my ex’s things and of the items I no longer want or need. Most of it was acquired during our time together and I don’t…
Purged
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It’s time. In fact, it’s long overdue. I’ve needed to purge myself of this, of you, for too long. Today, I took the last of your things to the storage unit. There are no more reminders of you in this…
if i was there…
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if i was there you could cry on my shoulder you could talk about what hurts you could sit quietly while I hold your hand you might not feel so alone you could lean on me for support if i…
Blinded
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one is blinded by fear and sadness the other by love and hope neither sees the pain they cause the sadness the loneliness the apprehension all of it lost in their own selfish hazes one dwells in the past…