Darkling
I write thee in remembrance
for fourscore years you kept me prisoner
and I held you in esteem
(purge the love / hate the sin)
like any love affair we only broke up
when I wiped the vaseline from the lens
distortion revealing her bent
a thin and lost emotion
buried like an apricot stone
in the pit of my stomach
where a wan tree grew
and nourished me toward
the sky
sometimes I am reminded
of the tight hold you had
like reigns on a horse will
cause them to drive ever forward
even when removed
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Now how about a bowl of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice cream….my treat… 🙂
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ha ha ha! I eat quite normally now except I’m allergic to ice-cream! (but if I had a bowl it would be mint chocolate chip, however did you know?!!!)
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We shall call it a wierd kismet my friend… 😜🍧
Pizza it is then instead…!
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“Cause them to drive ever forward, even when reigns removed” wonderful analogy of how illness and recovery are so connected. And the ” love affair” wonderfully describes how an illness can come to feel so normal. Thank you for sharing your gifts!
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Thank you so much! You’re so right, it can feel so normal – lots of love to you my friend
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And when irrational begins to feel normal that is where the danger begins!
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Mmm not sure it’s that. .. though complex it’s just not irrational per say
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This one elicits hugs ((( ❤ )))
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My friend I was away from the internet but I’m back now and shall be writing you. Sorry for my absence. I appreciate you writing me so much. Please know that.
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“A thin and lost emotion
buried like an apricot stone
in the pit of my stomach
where a wan tree grew
and nourished me toward
the sky”
Your writing is just so good. And this is brilliant because so many people still don’t understand eating disorders. They really do think it’s a question of “getting over it and polishing off a plate of pasta ffs!”
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Reblogged this on Secret First Draft: A Site of the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective and commented:
Candice Louisa Daquin/The Feathered Sleep
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This is the correct weblog for anyone who hopes to be made aware of this topic. You know so much its nearly tough to argue on hand (not that I really would want…HaHa). You definitely put a fresh spin using a topic thats been revealed for many years. Wonderful stuff, just excellent!
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You honor me. Thank you so much for your lovely and much appreciated words. I do so much better knowing I’m on the right track. Thank you !
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