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When Silence Becomes the Loudest Goodbye

I know what happened I know what he did I saw the wedge he ended up creating And how everyone fell for it I saw the ghosting and gaslighting Silence ensued For when the truth tried to be told It fell on deaf ears There’s nothing left to explain When understanding refused to take holdContinue reading “When Silence Becomes the Loudest Goodbye”

Mental Health: Reclaiming What’s Mine

My mental health took a hit after having a baby It took a nose dive after an abusive neighbor decided to come after me when I discovered he was doing something illegal Thankfully, that door was shut (and locked) A few more crazies may have been encountered in the time since we left the gripContinue reading “Mental Health: Reclaiming What’s Mine”

It Says A Lot When

You don’t need words Your behavior says it all You placed a target on my back within 2 months of meeting you You assumed I was an easy target As the months have gone by, the tension grew A pattern emerged You kept assuming things that weren’t true and you hovered when the suspicion becameContinue reading “It Says A Lot When”

Are You Trying to Find ‘The Button’?

The one thing that will set me off? See what my limit is? How far you need to go before I ‘lose it’? You have a pattern A cycle I am very well aware of what you’re doing And why I’m your target You have the signs of an abuser written in your actions TheContinue reading “Are You Trying to Find ‘The Button’?”

Life + Time = Perspective

Life happensSometimes it happens in the most unexpected ways and in the most unexpected placesWhen a curveball comes out of left field and takes you by surprise, it can take a while to processEspecially when you’re in the middle of a life altering eventWe’ve been through plenty of those in the past few yearsThankfully, we’reContinue reading “Life + Time = Perspective”

‘The Pickle’ Dilemma

We’ve all been there We’re given a choice to make Sometimes it’s a situation where the choice seems impossible Because no matter how you look at it It simply becomes a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ type of situation And you find yourself in a pickle Do I? Don’t I? So youContinue reading “‘The Pickle’ Dilemma”

Was It Real?

It didn’t fit the typical scenario It didn’t have the ‘typical players’ It didn’t follow the typical route It mainly happened behind closed doors Which resulted in no ‘real evidence’ being left behind No physical marks were present But it was definitely there From the power control The gaslighting The psychological mind games The weaponizingContinue reading “Was It Real?”

The Dilemma: To Forgive & To Forget?

‘You don’t have to forgive and you don’t have to forget to move on. You can move on without any of that happening’ ~ Taylor Swift Healing isn’t linear Healing isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ solution Healing comes in many forms Healing doesn’t always have to include forgiving Nor does it have to includeContinue reading “The Dilemma: To Forgive & To Forget?”

The Narcissist: The Aftermath

Time has passed Bridges have been burnt But it’s brought hindsight Things that I didn’t notice before have now surfaced Things I suspected have inadvertently been proven And it started with a narcissist attempting to mentally destroy me But something else happened In his attempt to take me down, he exposed a glitch A glitchContinue reading “The Narcissist: The Aftermath”

The Narcissist vs. Ms. Passive Aggressive

I know you don’t like me Neither did the narcissist Your behavior speaks volumes I’ve called out your behavior multiple times It’s gotten to the point where a third party needs to be involved Because you’re more likely to listen to the third party Even though she tells you the exact same thing And itContinue reading “The Narcissist vs. Ms. Passive Aggressive”