when we whisper
in the naming
of agony
we birth cockroaches
that scuttle through the walls
dropping diseased
vestiges
on our plates
while we sleep
when we hide
our wounds
under brightly painted
smiling rugs
we are sweeping vermin
into our abodes
incubating infestations
that crawl
among
our naked limbs
when we camouflage
our trauma
dress it prettily
as over-reacting
lacy concoctions
hysterical feminine
leather wiles
we breed amanita
brilliantly toxic
toadstools
upon which we
perch daintly
ankles crossed
when we function
polite
dependable
the rocks
upon which
legions lean
or clean
their dirty boots
day after burdensome day
we step over
rancid feces
rotting
on our thresholds
strewn across our hearths
while
befoulers
scamper off
Insights from "Inside" 
Yikes.
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I really like this one… great way to express the need to speak and stop the silence ❤
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Thank you!
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Very well stated, but, sometimes, the wounds we carried are just, too immensely painful, too numerous, that they’d, overwhelmed us too much so, that we can’t cope, and that, is why, we resorted to these, passive measures of coping with them, sweeping them under the rug, not realizing that there are, direr long-term consequences to the way we’d coped with them until it’s too late…
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I believe we cope as best we can certainly. Sometimes that is silently for a while
I also believe when we can move past that, with support and love, we will increase healing
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I used to think I was good at playing with words, but the way you monopolize them is just incredible.
Stunning work,
Aurora-Logophile-Phoenix
😉
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Oh my goodness. Thank you so much! Extremely kind of you!
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It comes out eventually. That is, when we hold things in, they manifest in some way.
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Most definitely! Usually in some not-so-super pleasant way
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Yes, usually. And it’s obvious.
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Very much so
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Lol
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Logophile! Indeed!
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Thank you 😉
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Thanks so much!
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Very beautiful! Love the imagery of decay and disease which gently portrays issues of modern society. Awesome!
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Thank you! I really appreciate that!
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