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Tag Archives: fear
What the world needs now: Trans-parency
I’m one of the lucky ones; I believe that to be true. When I was a kid, growing up in a conservative, religious household, I struggled with my sexuality. It wasn’t easy, realizing that I felt differently than what I … Continue reading
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Tagged #transgendered, community, compassion, courage, despair, discrimination, exploitation, fear, gender, heart, life, love, pain, respect, stigma, suicide, trans, trans rights, transgendered, violence
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Thinking of Dying
The fins are off and the hook is embedded, it is frightening to be caught. Tears behind a closed door and a jaw locked on grudges. Who takes away the urge to die, the thought that death would be welcome? … Continue reading
Posted in alienation, Apathy, belonging, Community, Death, demons, Depression, family, Health, Poetry, psychotherapy, Respect, Responsibility, Uncategorized
Tagged anchor, choices, death, dreams, fear, grudges, rage, tears
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You Understand?
Stormy, they always say I’m stormy. When the clouds mount in their slate colored suits and blot out the Sun I know the Moon will chase me and I giggle like a mischievous child. I am alive. I will live, … Continue reading
pawns, peasants and slaves
Imagine this: the concept of owning a slave surfaced like a boil on the face of the planet 12,000 years ago. Certainly it was not when bipedal males of the genus Homo habilis were developing stone tools over 2 million … Continue reading
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Tagged acid throwing, amendment, ancestors, bride burning, cheap, collaboration, collateral damage, commentary, conflict minerals, contemplation, corporations, debt, debt bondage, dowry, egalitarian, eve teasing, evolutionary, fear, global, historical, homo habilis, hunter/gatherer, IMF, institutionalized, interdependence, itinerant laborers, Jesus, landowner, legacy, marriage, mates, matriarchy, military campaigns, money, Neolithic, nomadic, offspring, opinion, patriarcy, pawnage, peasants, pimp, poor, power, prostitute, recycle, sex trafficking, slaves, societies, soil, subjugae, survival, taxes, violence, votiing rights, wealth
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In the glaring light of day we parcel out upon the world our blame and condemnations, our envy and frustrations, our Herculean efforts to be strong. In the deepest shadows of night we offer to God our hopes and fears, … Continue reading →