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My therapist called today. My appointment has been canceled. My first thought? “Ironic.” My luck has been **** lately. My limits, tested. My self esteem, drained. My trauma, denied. My thoughts wander — to a dream I had once — during my “service.” I wake up in my squad bay, alone drenched in sweat I hear a woman wailing from the bathroom I run in — there’s blood, over flowing from the faucet, shattered glass blankets the floor I look into the broken mirror, and see nothing reflected back                                                             ---                                              On a swampy night                                        the woman inside me cries.                                           —Part of me has died.                                                             ---
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Feb 11, 2025
Feb 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM UTC
Swampy Night
My therapist called today. My appointment has been canceled. My first thought? “Ironic.” My luck has been **** lately. My limits, tested. My self esteem, drained. My trauma, denied. My thoughts wander — to a dream I had once — during my “service.” I wake up in my squad bay, alone drenched in sweat I hear a woman wailing from the bathroom I run in — there’s blood, over flowing from the faucet, shattered glass blankets the floor I look into the broken mirror, and see nothing reflected back                                                             ---                                              On a swampy night                                        the woman inside me cries.                                           —Part of me has died.                                                             ---
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27/M/New Jersey
Feb 11, 2025
Feb 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM UTC
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