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At Ease
by Jennifer M. | Jul 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
Remember your ease in the woods. Surrounded by big sister trees.Embraced by winds that whisper “Listen. See. Breathe…”Pine needle campfire you taste with your nose and a momentary whiff of syringa. The place that is no place. No street signs, no traffic, no...![I Am The Help](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image1-10-1080x675.jpg)
I Am The Help
by Leah W. | Jul 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
I hate the smell of whiskey filtered through unwashed skin. Half empty bottles. Ranting about politics with slurred speech and an ignorant point of view. If this was all he was I would not bother. I would leave him to die in his filth.But he is the one who raised and...![Projection](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/image1-1080x675.jpg)
Projection
by Barbara B. | Jun 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
I am fine. And then, out of the blue, I am not. Surreptitiously, It flows into and through me, slowly but completely, filling all the nooks and crannies of my being. I feel It in the body tension, the sense of emptiness, the loneliness: I am not enough, I am not doing...![So…I Am](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image1-10-1080x675.jpg)
So…I Am
by Clara P. | Jun 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
So…I am supposed to begin this journey with a very godly description…"I am."Oh…I am so much more aware of all that I am not!Whoa!!! I am to define and recognize and actually like and reveal the "I am?"Maybe….I am unable.My teddy bear has been lost and stolen and...![The Voice Of A Silenced Child](https://adultchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/image1-6-1080x675.jpg)
The Voice Of A Silenced Child
by Tom M. | May 15, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine
Trigger Warning: This poem is a description of the disturbing reality of domestic violence as experienced by me around the age of six. If you are not in a good place to read such material, please stop here. I have no desire to retraumatize anyone. Several months ago,...Submission Policy
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