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Coming home

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By: Shira Lavon Hi, inner childAre you there?Or have I lost my mind? Wait, I see someone smallAt the bottom of a dark, dreary holeCurled ...

Little girl (a spoof)

Melissa

Not too long ago, I was having this major push and pull with the little girl inside me. (Oh man, I’m not the inner child ...

Holding space

Michal Marchette, LCSW, LISW

The idea of holding space can be hard to understand if not experienced. In this piece, I will do my best to give a felt ...

Still afloat

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By: Esther Kohl I’m a weather-beaten boat bobbing along in the storm. There’s no shore, no island, no dry land as far as the eye ...

Midnight

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In the silence of the nighta lifetime ofRated-R memories creep up emerging from the depths of my mindto haunt me. Unwelcome guests.  Old memoriessometimes faint ...

Take me to the ocean

Melissa

Take me to the oceanWhere I can face just the emptiness of an endless horizonTake me to the oceanA force untouched by human infliction Take ...

All-you-can-talk Tuesday

Melissa

Come Tuesday, and it’s time to talk. It’s time to fill myself up by, as ironic as it is, getting some of the stuff choking ...

I can’t touch it

Melissa

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a heart implodes deep ...

Then and now

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By: Emunah Harrel The backstory: This brave site member has tried a number of meds years back, before finally finding something that worked. After several ...

This is the hole

Melissa

This is the hole. This formless, nameless, colorless chasm of fog. It’s a longing for something that doesn’t exist. It’s being homesick for a home ...