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Some Birthday thoughts on the 2nd of July

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I lit a candle for my mother, It came upon me as I passed the church. They had felled all the trees along the pathway to the door; The rose garden...

"The Doctor Will See You Now."

It is funny how over time changes take place, at first it seems odd, then it seems wrong, and eventually it becomes the norm. I remember ringing the...

Lucky.

Saw something today, that I haven’t seen before. I don’t know if his Mum and Dad knows. I think if they knew, they would be horrified. I don’t know...
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Lisbon to Porto

Lisbon to Porto Tuesday, June 17 th , 2025- Lisbon, Portugal We were up early at 5 A.M. We packed our gear and then put our bags in the hall for pick...
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Ghigau 7 part 2

Five minutes later Sam was in DI Conway’s small, but well organised, office, waiting for him to finish a call. On the wall were the hallmarks of a...
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Ghigau 7 part 1

Wednesday 12th July Detective Sergeant Samantha ‘Sam’ Tate woke with a headache. Thumping temples, ringing ears, dry mouth. The ceiling was...
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Up to Their Ears in Tears

Good people raise their voices in anger but nobody hears them. It seems that nobody wants to hear them. Meanwhile Palestine and her children bleed to death.
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Countryside

Oh out in the countryside on a hot summer afternoon I escape in my mind I seeing a scene where there a field of gold before me hardly a cloud in the...
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Where The Sea Might Take Me

The woman stood on the edge of the cliff. The coastal breeze tangled her hair and pulled at her dress. She didn’t move. Her eyes followed the waves,...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (2)

BILLY TUDOR Part one at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-1 Marie Tudor was a single parent who needed to work to...
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Howl.

Howl even though the moon is only quarter. Even though the only sound you hear is a melody of birds; the ratata of a distant woodpecker. Even though...
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Xion Island Zero: Chapter 35

The fairy lights twinkled along the eaves of Nash’s house, and every bush in the front garden bloomed with a Christmas crop of diamonds. They’d...

Almost Home

Almost Home We welcome the rain: a gentle cleansing. A passage through pain. Birthing spiritual gains. We chose to remain steadfast, Rooted in...

Max It Out

Max It Out A circle with no end, a web of whispered lies, spun by architects of the unreal. Wolves without teeth, yet still they devour. Sowing...

Ready for the next step

Ready For The Next Step Nature, quiet therapy, soothes me as I leave behind all that once satisfied me. The things I clung to, fleeting and hollow,...

Floating fairies

Floating fairies in the air they glow everywhere this room comes alive with the shadows on the walls made by the street lights out side my window now...

I walk out the door

I walk out the door that night I had feet of clay I wonder if my action were right but what use would it have been for me to turn and say I don't...

“Damaged goods”

Back in motion with a poem I wrote during a reflectionary period. I was questioning my self-worth as someone with CPTSD. The whole "____ girls" is based off of my experience with harmful unsolicited advice from loved ones that reflects deeper issues like generational trauma, victim blaming, and overall misogyny.

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