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Tag Archives: Dysfunctional

Darkness Lingers

All the love I’ve experienced
Has felt like pain
Like a bolt of lightning
Through a warm spring rain

Posted byAly Writes29th Mar 202229th Mar 2022Posted inPoetryTags:Creative Writing, Dysfunctional, Heartbreak, Human Condition, Loss, Poem, Poetry, Romance1 Comment on Darkness Lingers

It’s Been a Dull Day at 305 Barton Lane

Dad gives no signs of noticing, pecking away at his laptop on the well-worn sofa in the family room that’s been more solitary room this week.

Posted byAly Writes3rd Dec 20213rd Dec 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, Humor, ProseTags:Dysfunctional, Family, Flash, FunnyLeave a comment on It’s Been a Dull Day at 305 Barton Lane

Function of Solitude

from afar you can never know the hollow warmth inside

Posted byAly Writes12th Nov 202112th Nov 2021Posted inPoetryTags:Dysfunctional, Human Condition, Poetry, Relatable, TherapyLeave a comment on Function of Solitude

Insomnia Inspires

In haze between tomorrow and today
When midnight’s passed but morning not quite here
Strange thoughts arrive to find me in the dark
Drifting dreams and imaginings unclear

Posted byAly Writes22nd Sep 202122nd Sep 2021Posted inPoetryTags:Dysfunctional, Human Condition, Poetry, RelatableLeave a comment on Insomnia Inspires

What’s Important to You?

It’s about priorities. Make a conscious decision to spend your time on what is important to you.

Posted byAly Writes8th Sep 202112th Aug 2022Posted inWriting TipsTags:Dysfunctional, Favourite Things, Human Condition, Prose, Therapy, Writing TipsLeave a comment on What’s Important to You?

While Some Throw Rocks at the Object of Their Fear

At her touch the raspy scales constricted and coiled, tensed into an anxious lowercase e.

Posted byAly Writes23rd Aug 202123rd Aug 2021Posted inMicro Fiction, ProseTags:Dysfunctional, Human Condition, ProseLeave a comment on While Some Throw Rocks at the Object of Their Fear

Happiness

But then in time
Too soon it’s easy to forget
What it was like when she was gone,
What you were like without her there.

Posted byAly Writes29th Jun 202129th Jun 2021Posted inPoetryTags:Anxiety, Dysfunctional, Human Condition, Poetry, Quarantine, Therapy1 Comment on Happiness

Please Don’t Sign the Guestbook

The Airbnb was quaint and quirky and we blew in with the wind, strewing makeup bags and wine coolers across the place like our signature: four best friends, there to whoop it up.

Posted byAly Writes22nd Jun 202124th Jun 2021Posted inMicro Fiction, TravelTags:Anecdotes, Dysfunctional, Funny, Prose, TravelLeave a comment on Please Don’t Sign the Guestbook

The Molted Skin of Childhood

Old bridge across the Saugeen River at Krug Memorial Park in Chesley

He had gone away years before. Away, as in not there, not where Miranda was, not around when she needed him—or someone, anyone—to be in her corner.

Posted byAly Writes19th Mar 202119th Mar 2021Posted inFlash Fiction, ProseTags:Dysfunctional, Family, Flash, Human Condition, Prose, Running AwayLeave a comment on The Molted Skin of Childhood

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