Reviewed July 8, 2020 Chapter II Their order came out while Betsy and Henry’s conversation moved forward as a spark began to ignite itself and they slowly found each other’s company comforting. “I doubt that the Irish team will win the cup this tournament,” Henry said to Betsy’s bold statement that the Irish…
SETTING GOALS TO COMBAT MELANCHOLY
Melancholy is by far the worst emotion I’ve felt other than grief. Recently I’ve started to attend another Cognitive Behavior Therapy group. Our first homework assignment was to write down how depression has affected our lives and to set five goals we would like to see our treatment help with. Goals: To improve and increase…
MUSING OVER DEPRESSION
Why does depression have to grip a person when they least want it too? Why does stress decimate a person with depression? Why does anger live in the mind of a depressed person? Why does depression ruin lives? Is depression normal? Aren’t all human beings born with some oddness? What makes depression so scary? How…
DARK LADY
Darkness falls over the illusion of the woman in the black dress, Her hair short cropped, face dirty, no breath. She steps into the confessional with nothing to confess. I watch her black dress trail along the ground. Her fingers brushing through the flowers with the touch of death. Losing sight of her I look…
(Creative Writing Project: Henry) – Chapter 1
Reviewed July 1, 2020 Chapter I “Good afternoon,” Henry yelled out to a few customers passing his till. He sighed heavily looking past them, he read the clock, quarter past two. Henry felt the weight of time passing, he still had three hours left on shift. Nothings worse than feeling bored, wasting time at a…
Reminiscing
The joy of discovering life beyond screens has filled me with nostalgia for the 80’s & 90’s. One of the last generations to grow up without ready access to computers, cell phones, and internet we got to see life: live, up-close, & personal. We talked to friends and our texting consisted of passing hand written…
MILLIONS OF PAPER, PAPER FOR ME, MILLIONS OF PAPER, PAPER FOR FREE…
Satisfaction is more than paper. Paper checks cashed don’t add up to emotional stability. Problems grow like the stack of holiday wrapping paper left for the recycle bin. On the opposite side of the celebration we find ourselves back in the race to earn more paper to meet next Decembers needs. Time zips by while…
STEPPING AWAY
I took a step away from my screen last week and felt alive for the first time in over a year. Reliance is not the reason I want to watch my screens. It was a shock how deep seated and hidden the reliance is. Boredom warns of it, but vast emptiness of time one concieves…
INSTABILITY
Where do American’s turn when censorship hover’s above them, Afraid to say words like boob or suicide, When they are so important to the conversation. How do we wade through events and situations if we cannot express ideas, Even if those ideas may be askew? People are dying, sickened, and darkened, by how the bug…
Poems Recently Written
“A Hero Falls” Once on a hill, there stood a tree, falling leaves surround the sky, as darkness caresses the background. Stars peep through the misty sky while witches fly free. Magic spells cast through shadow Forged in water Cooled in fyre While earth grows bold And air circles them all Giving life to…
