This too shall pass

“This too shall pass.” Nothing in all the world gives me greater hope than this simple concept. Whatever I am dealing with today is simply a temporary affliction–something that will

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Dear Universe

Dear everyone in the universe, today is just one of those days. So I am going to need you to BACK THE FUCK OFF. Well what can i

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I Believe in Love

I believe in love. I believe that the greatest thing a person who has suffered abuse can do for ourselves is never give up. The greatest “revenge,” or “pay

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my dreams

My dreams….I hate them. I don’t know how else to put it. I dread going to bed every night. I long to know a “good night’s sleep.” A

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Boken in hard places

I wrote this piece, Broken in Hard Places, out of a sense of profound dismay. Sexual abuse breaks a man in places that cannot be easily identified or openly

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I don’t know

After he had told her of his life, she softly asked “Does it hurt?” “I don’t know” he said “I don’t feel it anymore”

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I want to get back to us

I forgot who I was I got lost I want to get back to us

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come hold my hand

You might walk a mile in my shoes but you will never know how far I’ve come and how far I have to go.

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Beauty and her Beast

Barbot de Villeneuve was right. Inside every cursed beast is a man looking to be loved.

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through their eyes

We are so quick to judge another, so quick to try and assess their performance as they struggle to live their lives as best they can. Why? Why

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