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Poetry1 min readDecember 10, 2025

Stuck in an Inhale

Of a Former Identity

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Memoir2 min readDecember 5, 2025

Shedding Skin

No need to to cut it,when it’s ready,it tears on its own.And it’s still nauseatingand disorienting every time,after so many before.

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Essay8 min readNovember 8, 2025

The Role of a Mother

Staying with pain

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Memoir2 min readNovember 6, 2025

The Splinter

In my left foot

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Poetry1 min readNovember 5, 2025

Fragile Shoots

Don't stomp

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Poetry1 min readNovember 1, 2025

Porous

And ever changing

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Memoir7 min readDevelopmental Order · 2October 22, 2025

The Frozen Scream

Developmental Order - Part 2

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Essay8 min readDevelopmental Order · 3October 21, 2025

The 5 F's: Freeze, Fawn, Flee, Fight, Follow

Developmental Order - Part 3

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Collection4 min readOctober 10, 2025

Poems

Chapter 1 - An Ocean of Pain

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Essay7 min readShaping Water · 3September 30, 2025

Resurrecting the Lost Technology of Grief

Shaping Water (part 3)

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Essay1 min readShaping Water · 1September 28, 2025

Unfurling

Shaping Water (part 1)

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Memoir5 min readSeptember 16, 2025

Taming the Dragon

Living with borderline personality disorder

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