Artemis.
Chasing the moon I run, run… run into the mist There are silver slants of light bursting down between the trees the entire path is aglow as I chase the moon as I chase you Yet as I chase the … Continue reading Artemis.
Author: Rants of a Virgo
These are my rants, ravings, and my oh so loud opinions. If you’d like to read other content I’ve created, please visit https://themighty.com/author/laura-mckinney/ or www.readunwritten.com/rantsofavirgo
I Don’t Know How I’m Suppose To Feel
I was dressed for the movies. I was getting ready to walk out the door to watch the early exploits of RBG. I got a message. I made a call. That’s how I found out my best friend from childhood and my early teenage years was gone, never to grace this earth with his presence again. I felt nothing. My hands grew numb. My feet became numb and my legs were air. It was a concerted effort to stand. In the span of a few minutes, I’d forgotten to breathe. I inhaled a gasp of air and my lungs felt … Continue reading I Don’t Know How I’m Suppose To Feel
What No One Tells You…
What no one tells you about having mental illness is the sheer madness of it. It’s a mental illness, but so much of it is not mental. My body aches. It feels like the flu. I never know when to point the finger to my fibromyalgia or when to point the finger to depression. Or perhaps I ought to point it back to me. I ate processed foods yesterday. They’re inflammatory, aren’t they? Maybe if I ate clean… Maybe. Maybe if I had a gratitude journal… will writing down what I am grateful for make my joints pop any less? … Continue reading What No One Tells You…
Marilyn.
I will never be prim. I will never be proper. I will never be prim and proper. Fitting in… fading into the background… is simply not something I do. I do not think I can do it. I am loud. I am opinionated. I am “too much” and in the same essence, I am not enough. I will never be enough because in this Southern world in which I live, I am a circle and they want a square. It will not fit. I refuse to change myself to fit the definition others write for my life. I feel … Continue reading Marilyn.
Protected: I Will.
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When The Headlines Disappear …
Kate Spade passed away on June 5, 2018. Anthony Bourdain passed away only days later June 8, 2018. For weeks, articles discussing suicide were in the health and lifestyle sections of magazines, newspapers and social media. As June slipped into a previous page in a calendar, July brought new tabloid fodder. From presidential scandals to Kylie Jenner’s billionaire status, the headlines for mental illness became fleeting and few, until yesterday. Music icon Demi Lovato was hospitalized with an unknown illness and speculation immediately ran rampant as to it’s possible relation to her struggles with sobriety or her past acknowledgement of … Continue reading When The Headlines Disappear …
Alice.
Here sits Alice, golden hair pinafore, going where she has never gone before a compass to guide her a quill to finish her tale a crown to remind her of her worth Alice was once a doll, pretty and porcelain so high upon the pedestal, ever pretty even as she lay… shattered broken fine china painting adorning her mouth ensuring her words were never spoken Then at once by potion, awoken Longing to be daring, yet her path woven with red herrings she stands lost in the midst of the mist she cast aside propriety only to be bound by … Continue reading Alice.
Queen Of Hearts
Our hearts are such miraculous things. Fueling our bodies in an a cycle that doesn’t end until we leave this life. We derive strength from this fist sized organ that sustains us in an ever present beat. Yet, we fail it. We fail the piece that gives us life. Giving out pieces until it’s broken and battered. How terribly we treat it and value it so little. Understand your heart must continue to beat while it heals. It’s excruciating. There’s no anguish like it on this earth. Time has told me it is too much too soon. Know you are … Continue reading Queen Of Hearts
Rules
A longer road lay ahead The lights were harsh The sky was night It was comforting in a strange manner Skin to skin There goes the sins again Music and lyrics flowing wildly As the night got carried away Kiss evolved to a frenzy Air palpable with the want Rules were made to be broken. Rules were made to be kept. Rules In this civilized society Continue reading Rules
Over The Mantle
What once hung over the mantle Is currently in a state of dismantle No longer does Marilyn look knowingly from the black and white on which she’s laid In her stead is a different soul, whose service is paid Bruises on my body Bruises on my heart I tear at my hair I yearn to fall apart But I have no space to call my own No walls to fill with my decor Nowhere to lay my rugs on a floor Walls are empty Like my eyes I have so many things That don’t have a home I take up … Continue reading Over The Mantle
Rants Of A Virgo 