cptsd – Healing Birds Fly Again

I Had to Save Myself

Apr 1, 2026

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I remember Your hands around my throat Couldn’t fight you off I was too little then That’s when I learned There is was no one Coming for me No knight in shining armor No one was coming to stop their little prince From wrapping his hands around myLittle princess throat. Squeezing Squeezing Squeezing I gasp …

Scorched Earth; Grow Again

Mar 31, 2026

General Blogging

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They’ve taken what they took.You have what’s left,And best yet,You’ve got what you haven’t made yetThe rest of your lifeAll you can createThat. They can never take–You’ve got the thump in your chestLight in your eyesUse what they can’tWrite what they won’tYou will be freeYou will surpassThe pits of hellThey threw you intoYou will climb…

Tell Me Lies

Jan 30, 2026

Poetry

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The lie becomes the faceScreaming the truth.And I’m not mad anymore,I’m just, A lying liar who liesIn the grave of everythingI can’t make okay.The pain that just stays and stays No. I can’t make it okay.Parts of me say We should pretend life Isn’t that way.That it isn’t an unending ache, But I don’t have…