thoughts

  • Conundrum…

    Conundrum…

    I was just on the phone with my grandmother. She told me that my mother wants to donate a thousand dollars to my album fundraiser.  The only thing she wants in return is her own copy.  That was the last thing I expected to be thinking about tonight.  I told Maw Maw that I’d have…

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  • A Letter to tiny Anita

    I am making a promise to myself right now. I will always protect you Anita. I will look out for your best interests and remove you from harmful, hurtful situations. I will never allow anyone to abuse you in any way. I will do my best to recognize quickly if that is happening. I will…

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  • TuesDayNewsDay Vol.2 Issue 19, November 19

    Dedication: The Preacher Keith who surprised me with a musical instrument today at the coffee shop.  Tears were brought to my eyes when he brought it out.  He said to me, “You will do with this guitar what I cannot and will not. I want you to have it.  I love your music, it is…

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  • Everyone’s trying to find themselves these days; seems like the topic of the decade. Lovers masked behind the text on a screen, alcohol masking all emotions to be seen. Our game of tug-of-war between our projections and our shadows, we stand, stunned in silent stillness, wondering how deep the wound goes. We’ve forgotten the non-electric…

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  • Waxing Moon

    Waxing Moon

    Smile I see in the sky I mirror back every single time.   Never have I looked up and frowned or wished they’d take that incessant light down.   The stars dance all around, thousands of miles I sing along inside as they whisper by each with their own unique styles.   As the darkened…

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  • TuesDayNewsDay Vol.2 Issue 17, October 30 Caution: Trigger Warning, references to sexual violence

    Today, I chose to sit on the ground the very location of my first experience of sexual abuse at the age of seven. I am healing and today I tell a deep part of my story. (Trigger warning)

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