Hit after hit on the pavement.Like a reckoning.Pounding...Merciless...In her skull.On the ground.Reverberations of impact in every direction.Trying to escape herself.To outrun all that hurts.All the parts…Tasting the painLike blood on her tongue.Metallic.Like a gun.Hatred, so pure and deepShe’d started to think of it as home.The only walls she’d known.(She’d known only walls…)Her only shelter,Loathing,Bringing her... Continue Reading →
I sit with gratitude.I can hear myself think.The beautiful knowledge:I don’t need to drink.Not even “need,”I prefer it this way.Life’s so much better.(It surprises me to say.)I couldn’t have imaginedA life without booze.I certainly wouldn’t thinkIt’d be something I’d choose.I thought it would meanThat I’d lose my shimmer.That life without alcoholWould somehow be dimmer.But what... Continue Reading →
It’s funny how things can change in an instant. Or, rather, not funny. But, they can. How many times have I been worked up about some trivial thing, only to realize I’ve completely lost the tether? How many times do I have to learn this lesson? That health and love are all that matter? I’ve... Continue Reading →
Soliloquy on Imperfectionism 