Tag Archives: Depressive

personal reflection, one more reason to be upset with myself.

I want to fall for someone again, but it is for all the wrong reasons. I want to prove to myself that I can fall in love again, that I can be loved, and that it can really work, despite … Continue reading

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Rising Water, Heavy Footfalls

I want to do something self-destructive to escape. It always seems to make things ultimately worse though, because I never actually escape. It’s going to take something drastic.

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“It’s never to late to start planning for the future.”

Yesterday, on the drive to Follansbee, we passed a graveyard. It was just a large rectangular tract of land in the middle of a valley, with nothing else around except for a river that runs through the valley. I started … Continue reading

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Selected “Fragments” by Michael Maynard Slingerland

I decided to peruse my bookshelf last night while unable to sleep, and I found an old book of poetry that I had purchased long ago from a Kanawha County Libraries book sale. I decided to read through it, and … Continue reading

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Exploding Hearts and Aching Bones

Do you ever lie in bed, unable to sleep, mind racing over thoughts of nothing, heart feeling as though it will explode, all your bones aching, trying to bury your head and wet burning eyes into your arm or pillow? … Continue reading

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while letting the tides of the internet take me where they may, i stumbled upon a list of things that someone aspired to do before they die. this person is a few years younger than i, and as i looked … Continue reading

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