Tag: Mental Health
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When Shame Kills, Love Stays | Thoughts on Shame, Rage, Dragons, and Jesus
They nailed love to the cross. That’s what my friend, Simara, said during a Lent meditation over Zoom: They nailed love to the cross. They killed love. I’m used to hearing things like death was nailed to the cross and our sins were nailed to the cross. But love? Simara is a gifted woman who […]
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under water
it’s still dark in here and sometimes the darkness still wins i think maybe this time the darkness won’t get me won’t scare me, won’t wear me down, but this darkness is slick like oil and spreads on me before i know it, stinging my eyes my throat i jump into the deep end, to […]
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Hollow
Insides carved out Walls scraped bare I am just a shell Brittle and broken I must be broken because nothing fills me Rains fall but never gather rushing away in streams beneath me Dust blows in on sandpaper wind gritty in the eyes, the throat then blows away again Leaves and flower petals flutter down […]
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A New Name for that Place Between Sadness and Depression
Do you think you’re depressed? People ask me that sometimes. Friends. Family. Even some ballsy people who don’t know me very well. My immediate response is usually, No. Occasionally, I add something like: I’m just working through some things. How could I be depressed? Depressed people don’t get out of bed and shower and put on […]
Lightning Bug 