Comline Blog
Feelings Lead; Thoughts Describe
“I don’t belong here!” is a statement of how it feels to be wherever it is I have checked in with myself. Psychologists may call this state of mind “alienation” or “dissociative.” They use words to describe sensations that are not themselves captured in the words....
Letters to my Critical Parents (And Other Critics)
To daddy-Monster: I reject the voice of violence. I choose to listen to the voices of peace and love and progress and growth. To my mother: You misdirected your legitimate anger towards me and my brothers. You drowned your...
I am Already Reverent
I claim the ways that I pray. Thinking back to a time when, on a walk or looking out a window, I was filled with a feeling of appreciation. This is a form of ‘prayer’ as it is defined in the dictionary. ‘Reverence’, appreciation of what is beautiful or inspires awe,...
Adopted
A short poem about not belonging and wondering if I was adopted as a child. It's also about my new adopted recovery family. ADOPTED Twelve or thirteen years old: Nobody hears me. I don’t belong in my family. I wonder if I was adopted. I don’t fit...