PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz Every time, the dream was the same. She was piloting a small seaplane. Looking down she saw the ripples on the lake. She had a flawless landing. Exhilirated, the plane was moving towards the floating dock as the smiling resort staff walked towards her. All of a sudden a slimy…
Category: PTSD
#MM — Sunday Writing Prompt “The Bloody Carousel” (long)
WARNING: May have trauma triggers in it for some. On the edge of our dimension sets a bloody castle. To some religions it is named limbo. For those who leave this life at a crossroads or nearing a milestone, the castle is a place where one’s strengths and weaknesses are put to the test. How…
dVerse — Blaming and Forgiveness
image link Frank is the host of dVerse tonight. Frank says: I found M. Scott Peck’s Further Along the Road Less Traveled in a used bookstore a few weeks ago. It has been a challenge to read. As I understand it Peck describes a spiritual journey we are all on, whether we like it or…
Poetry Day 17 — Trigger
image link Part of today’s prompt for OctWriPoMo is: Does madness rule over me/you/us/them? Does madness fall from the sky in misty dampness, occasional showers, and torrential flooding downpours? Do I/you/we/they hold the reins, controlling the madness? Use your brainstorming to create a poem that expresses your thoughts/feelings around “madness”. Invisible finger on the…
Day 7 –Go To Hell
Dear Every Member of The System Who Didn’t Believe a Victim and/or Failed to Hold Accountable a Perpetration of Sexual Assault Upon Another: Person/System Who Didn’t Believe A Victim Failed to Hold Accountable a Perpetration. * Your reasons are Legion. One extreme to another Rationalized or justified Callous disregard for * —->A HUMAN BEING<—- *…
Father John (content warning)
image link The following is drawn loosely from a documentary I saw and from watching scary movies. Please be warned there is disturbing content and imagery that may be triggering. The elderly priest shuffles down the stone path, carefully balancing with his cane, which is carved with the long-suffering face of a blood-soaked, thorn-crowned…
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
image link When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. You make lemonade, or in the protagonist’s case in the film, “You were Never Really Here”, a bloodbath wherever you go. Joaquin Phoenix plays Joe, a character who struggles with a reality that is liberally sprinkled with flashbacks of abuse, neglect, and soul-crunching trauma. What…
Tao Talk 