all i have to offer
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she is long gone,
and much of the carbon in her little body
has already moved on to someplace else.
and with that revelation, a relief --
A pause, some reflection and an invitation
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You may have noticed it’s been quiet around here the last few weeks.
Read MoreHello, sadness
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But in the depths of this despair,
I find a flicker, a light, a flare.
For though you linger, dark and grim,
Love's eternal flame will never dim.
river part 2
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i always think you’re dying.
isn’t that the silliest thing?
you have long been dead
and in the ground
The unfixable problem
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I understand why those doctors, sisters, friends, thought I needed therapy. I was filling out those questionnaires at every postpartum appointment.. “How many times in the last two weeks have you felt down, depressed or hopeless…Little interest or pleasure in doing things…” According to these forms, something was wrong with me. It was quantifiably pathological how sad I was, how I sat for days on end crying and staring at the wall.
Read MoreS6E4: Aftermath
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I recognize that heartbreak and could not wish it on anyone, and yet somehow, I find myself thinking, at least you can hear him talk whenever you want. I talk to my daughter all the time, but what I can’t do is hear her voice…
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