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Melancholy


I sit freshly alone on my old armchair by that familiar door where many moments of my life have been spent. I can see glimpses of them all so clearly now Busy, bustling, boisterous. Sunshine smiles and laughter all around So many reasons to say thank you even on mundane everydays Contentment taken for granted… Continue reading Melancholy

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What Grief Isn’t


Grief isn’t always the sudden bursting of a water balloon.  It’s sometimes an invisible knife mercilessly stabbed into your heart,  that’s being twisted over and over,  with an intensity only you feel, but cannot reveal.  It leaves just a tiny pin prick in your heart  that allows leaden emotions to vaporise and leak out Every.… Continue reading What Grief Isn’t

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Emotional Stockholm Syndrome


Your act of defence and self-preservation will always be misconstrued as an unfair, uncalled-for ‘attack’ by those in your life, who view themselves as ‘perennial victims’ and believe they never do any wrong, therefore don't register it at all when they hurt you first; or those condescending self-appointed-authority in your life, who believe they are… Continue reading Emotional Stockholm Syndrome