Wanting to die since you ask, Most days I cannot remember, I walk in my clothing, unmarked by that voyage. Then the almost unnameable lust returns. Even then I have nothing against life. I know well the grass blades you mention, The furniture you have placed under the sun. But suicides have a special language. […]

Wanting to die

Never think about the past, whether glorious or tragic it always gives you pain Always determine only after knowing the repercussions, not by the emotions all those sinful traits I once had are now a meaningful delayed lesson Be wise in choosing your habits and friendsWhere both reveal who you are to the world It […]

Words from an old man.

I had to say goodbye,not because of what was saidbut because of the unsaid.Your words just never materialized,and words being as they are,the lifeblood of my being,I began to die from the lack of them.Long ago, I knew your words so intimately,but then they remained frozen,resting frigidly on the tip of your tongue.And even though […]

Truth be told

my right foot and I are on the outs again I keep telling it what I want it to do but sometimes it just sits there unresponsive it looks like my right foot it feels like my right foot but it’s as if it has forgotten what it means to be foot forgotten what it […]

Imposter

Read their stories in their eyes generation on generation on generation something passes down stories true formed and told shaped by those untrue the myths of girlhood myths of womanhood Fates set against fantasies and needs of men Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash Bob Wertzler is retired from nearly twenty years in the mental health field both […]

The Myths Of Girlhood – Robert G. Wertzler

I will not be silent. I will not be afraid. I will not sacrifice myself again, I will not turn the other cheek. I will speak the truth —not my truth, the truth— Not all things are subjective, Not all causes are just. I do not want to fight, But I swear on my sword […]

We Will Not Be Silenced – John W. Leys