My love could never relinquish the monster. Unless the man was ready to permanently remove the beast from himself, I could never have one without the other.
When life feels like that, and someone vomits an affirmation in my direction, I don’t find it uplifting or inspiring. It just makes me want to slap them.
After my divorce, I'd returned home. Like an abused dog, with my tail between my legs. Swapped out a broken heart for the abuse I was more familiar with.
The notes never start with a 'Hey, how are you?' Just random scribbles, anger palpable through the lines, which direct me to take a look in the mirror.
I am angry and I am hardened. Teeth clenched. Heart fire roaring loudly. I am furrowed brows and strong glares and waving fists at bad drivers. I am forgetting the the tenderness. The sweet petals of compassion that used to ooze from my fingertips are no longer there. I am angry and I ...