Tag Archives: words

So What If I Do?

Posted on February 19, 2023 by mammasquirrel

I’ve been told more than once that all I want “is a knight in shining armor to sweep in and take care of everything.” It is always said in a mean belittling way. Implying that I have no sense of … Continue reading →

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Time That Suffocates

Posted on February 19, 2023 by mammasquirrel

Zipped shut and clenched jaws. External silence and internal destruction. Observing the illness and seeing it ignored. A thin shimmer of loyalty being burned into non-existence. Eyes are steady and disassociation steps in. Bouncing and blocking the dark and disgusting … Continue reading →

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Balance Beam

Posted on February 19, 2023 by mammasquirrel

I live in a chaos of saturnine; nothing more than gazing incoherently past the non stop giant of poor me. It follows me to each room and only dissipates long enough for me to search and maybe find a glimpse … Continue reading →

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Don’t Get It

Posted on February 4, 2023 by mammasquirrel

Trying to make yourself look good during the most devastating time in someone else’s life. Saying you will be at their funeral when you haven’t bothered to call or text since or before they got sick. People believing you have … Continue reading →

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The Road Downhill

Posted on December 6, 2022 by mammasquirrel

A shoe. A dish. The dog. The bills. The kids. The cat. Any one thing can set off his conniption . It really is like watching a child throw the temper tantrum, except it’s an adult. And those are much … Continue reading →

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Evil Within

Posted on October 31, 2022 by mammasquirrel

As gruesome as this seems to be, it is right on point. We are going through a series right now on the book of James. Yesterday, we focused on what the words we speak can do, and how what comes … Continue reading →

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Who’s There?

Posted on July 29, 2022 by mammasquirrel

The few bushes and the single green tree, That right there is purely me. Scrambling to stay warm, Though the cold and heavy trigger the alarms. Knocking at my sanity and denying all the truth, Destroying what’s reality completely aloof. … Continue reading →

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Façade

Posted on July 1, 2022 by mammasquirrel

Filters can make things look exotic, abstract, comforting, etc. They add a layer of interest and the desire to have a closer look. I have found that many people wear filters and some use them to cover unearthly behaviors behind … Continue reading →

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Ghost

Posted on June 23, 2022 by mammasquirrel

Thought I could see clearly. I ignored the “little” things because I just wanted to be loved. You made me believe your faith was strong. That I was a queen. And slowly it began to fade. Now every once and … Continue reading →

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Whatever You Say

Posted on June 21, 2022 by mammasquirrel

Look at you playing this part, To the outside ignorant you’re so grand- The talent to play Jeckle and Hyde , You display the hero of the land. The reputation you portray, Outside these walls is sickening- As if only … Continue reading →

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