Tag: childhood
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The Posterior Lie
I vacillated on the publish button. This is the story of the 17-year-old kid holed up in the dark, the 5-year-old in the hospital, and the Red Thread that ties them together. A journey through the ‘Posterior Lie’ of trauma to find the gold hidden in the mud.
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The Training Ground
I never felt like I belonged in that town. Leaving it is one of my personal triumphs. But it still lives in my head… The bullying, the classism, the snobbery, the racism… It all formed me, for better or for worse. It gave me a conviction. Make no mistake, there were and still are good…
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The feathered flutter visceral churning forget to breathe remember release.
In a world where ignorance breeds fear, the author grapples with unacknowledged truths and the haunting dread of the unknown. This existential struggle reveals that some knowledge is too painful, leaving us paralyzed by night terrors. We are trapped in a cycle of knowing and forgetting, yet always yearning for release.