I did not break you. Your brokenness happened before me. I showed up and found you that way. My presence reminded you, but I didn’t break you. I did not break you. We could have made a new beginning. You used my presence as an excuse for your pain. You blamed me, but I didn’t ...

Eyes ruby redHe lays in my bedGets in my headWants me dead He lures me inWith his musical hissAnd numbs my heartWith his poisonous kiss Coils around myBody just rightSqueezing and crushingWith all his might Until I cease to seeDanger in his hugsLoss and fearWill fill my lungs The coolness of his skinPulls me inNow I have lostMy second ...

Trigger Warnings: Racism, Stereotypes, Sexual References Crista Monroe knew his kind. She’d heard about men like him. Read about them and had the great displeasure of interacting with them throughout her life. Their egos were fragile and must be protected at all costs. She made up her mind to keep her voice down and her ...

Trigger Warning- Domestic Violence   It took me 10 years to fully get over you. Every blood-curdling scream from my throat over 3 years was a testament to the manipulation that you had subdued me to. It was 3 years of walking on eggshells and uneasiness and a semi-permanent lump in my throat and knot ...

Situational depression is a temporary adjustment disorder. We experience S.D. during taxing and painful times in our lives.

One day we were the best of friends, everything was okay, we talked on the phone every night, texted during the days. It was going beautifully, or so I thought. Things started dwindling, and you ignored my calls. I was being put on the back burner more and more frequently. There was less time to ...

  Can you still taste full-bodied trust on your tongue when you’re lying there seared in your own guts? Because I made you dinner and fed you lies, I set the table, but stabbed you with your knife. And now you thaw out on the floor in silence. What’s a casual date without some violence? ...

how can you pretend to care so much when all are lies that flow eloquently from your tongue tell me this now is this trip important what will you find there the answers you seek or the death that you deserve can’t you see that your holy city nothing more than rubble your leader is ...

You were the one that kept me broken. The desire to play the hero must have taken over you. Every time we were together, it was you that kept making sure I was feeling down. Nothing I did or said was good enough unless I was upset. There was no interest in anything unless I ...