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Poetry2 min readDevelopmental Order · 1October 1, 2025

A Pariddle of Feral

Developmental Order (part 1)

traumafamilyidentity
62
Poetry2 min readSeptember 25, 2025

You call it a wasteland?

I’m gonna waste it, baby.

griefalivenesscreativity
63
Poetry1 min readSeptember 21, 2025

The Weight

Of Trauma

traumagriefrelationships
64
Poetry2 min readSeptember 18, 2025

Between the Abyss and the Void

There's a line

belongingcreativity
65
Poetry2 min readSeptember 17, 2025

Father to Son

Initiation

familybelongingrelationships
66
Poetry1 min readSeptember 15, 2025

Right here, right now, right you

(Stay)

transformation
67
Poetry1 min readSeptember 13, 2025

Yesterday Grief, Today Mischief

Gratitude for the extremes

griefalivenessfamily
68
Poetry1 min readSeptember 12, 2025

Talking to a Ghost

In the mirror

transformation
69
Poetry1 min readSeptember 11, 2025

Breathe in

Breathe out

embodimentalivenesstransformation
70
Poetry1 min readSeptember 7, 2025

A Taste of Life

That feeling

alivenessembodimentrelationships