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Tag Archives for mental-health
Be The Verb
when we lost
our son
we lost
each other
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we were shells
empty
hurting
voids
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different ways
of grieving
disconnected
us
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our raw pain
forced unrealistic
expectations
upon ourselves
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feeling
emotionally abandoned
unable to help
heal
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I’m sorry
I let you down
when you needed
me
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I’m learning
to forgive
myself
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Why God
we’re educated
to question, wonder
examine critically
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no longer fearing
hidden truths
behind sacred words
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I’m learning
to love compassionately
to accept
what I don’t understand
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wide open
my heart, my eyes
acknowledging
my blindness
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and that
is okay
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I’m doubting my way to salvation
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System Overload
disconnected
through revolving doors
lazy susan
clanging, banging, tossing
word salads
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Do No Harm
lately
reflecting on sensitivity
possibly misinterpreting
intentions
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myself
others
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often a fine line
between
doing / not doing
harm
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myself
others
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No Reason
waking nightmare
she’s unrecognizable
panic attacks
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I can’t go on anymore
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he’s
stillborn
he’s
still gone
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she’s suffocating
gasping, grasping
reliving
the red water
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my baby
why’d you leave ?
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Ring Rang Rung
swirls and circles
girls and miracles
mud pie
the children cry
tomorrow is anew
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ding dong
we might be wrong
garbled junk
refined gunk
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sing
one-a-penny
two-a-penny
indulging our sins
it ends where it begins
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Protection
a stranger
my new best friend
a ray of light
in my institution
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in the dark
am I dreaming
from talking
loudly stalking me
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alarms
ringing halls
in single file
climbing walls under beds
my brother’s shadow
talks me down the ledge
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hide me
in a room with a camera
where they’ll never
never
find me
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close my eyes
and dream
just dream
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Psychosis Canadiana
snakes and ladder
slithering new continents / covenants
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a bombastic tv prophet
bleating new scriptures
envisioning
a new religion
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kids
always believe in your country
always believe in your dad
always believe in hockey
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rays of light
falling from grace
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sometimes
I don’t know
what to believe
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Wellness
going through
rough times
an old friend
drew a picture
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I like
to imagine
portraits
of myself
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Canada Post Stamp for Mental Health (2009)
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