#gethelpearly
Here we go
rollercoaster,
when I thought you were steady.
Steady now, really steady.
You panicked me, you know.
Instant, reflexive,
self blame.
Steady up, steady.
Our children need you
and they need me more
when you’re gone.
Steady, I’ll be steady.
I measure my progress:
receive your news; panic.
Process and move forward.
Steady, actually steady.
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024 at 4:50 AM UTC
Let me be free
from your emotional
highjackery.
From your
manipulation
of my life's situation.
Playing hostage --
is the price of your stability
the loss of my positivity?
This is a game of
important odds.
Our girls are not the prize
but the precious treasure
to protect.
Get yourself together
there can be no losers.
Aug 29, 2021
Aug 29, 2021 at 8:17 PM UTC
What is this stress
making my belly churn
my skin’s itchiness,
my pulse race?
Could it be from
the financial separation,
kids, career,
general obligation?
New starter to train,
bookweek costume,
book balancing,
bithday cake?
Oh wait, I see—
I can do these things,
all of these things,
with a smile and a grin.
It’s you, ex man (child) of mine
looking lost
that unravels me
too easily.
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021 at 9:13 AM UTC
Why is it that
your happiness
seems inversely proportional
to mine?
Why is it that
your happiness
seems, perversely, disproportional
to mine?
But when we were together,
your lack of happiness
consumed all of mine.
Jul 17, 2021
Jul 17, 2021 at 7:26 AM UTC