Tag: Love

• As I Watch my Sandcastles Fall…

  Sometimes reality can come crashing in on the shore of our fantasy world and completely wreck our sandcastle. Who of us here has ever spent hours on a hot day building our dream house out of sand? I remember as a child spending fair amounts of my Florida summer on the beach digging (not building..I’m…

  February 11, 2016

  · Thoughts From the Storm

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  Darkness

  I swallow my darkness and self loathing The voice is no longer calling me It is weeping I forsake all common sense that I once had And I embrace the night sky As I travel on this road, This road to nowhere, I feel lost and alone Now, not only do I hear one voice,…

  February 9, 2016

  · Through Poetry

• The Ocean Tamer

  The skies, full of sun, suddenly grow dark The waves around me, once peaceful, are now raging to life My heart beat quickens as I know what is on the horizon; The sky splits with the crack of thunder and lightning The rain slowly begins to fall and the wind howls with intensifying ferocity I…

  February 9, 2016

  · Folktales

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  To Be Normal

  I’ve awoken to yet another day of being me Stressed out Worn out Burnt out It seems that I tread through the day wearing a mask of my own flesh while everyone else wears beautiful plastic bags. Everyone looks so pretty from down here. My flesh is dirty; consumed by the ravages of a civil…

  February 4, 2016

  · Thoughts From the Storm

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  Is the “Stigma” surrounding Mental Illness Real?

  There are many, many mental illnesses and it is not within the wishes of the author to disclose all of those issues within this single article. The opinions presented here come from an all encompassing viewpoint of Mental illness. Views stated within this article are opinions founded on research and experience. Please, treat it as such.…

  February 1, 2016

  · Of the Broken