Poem Archives - Page 18 of 22 - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

Hola Mijita

by Michell B.C. | Sep 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

Hola Mijita,You are so beautiful and brave and worthy.The love that shines through your smile and in your eyesRadiates through your heart, and I see you! From this day forward, I will love and protect you allthrough every age, every feeling, thought and action....

You, Me and We

by Rosalie M. | Sep 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

When you made decisions for me under the guise of taking care of me; you were actually controlling me. When you used the ubiquitous “we” and spoke for both of us because you thought of us as one; you were actually discounting me. When you decided all the cars and...

Mistress Of The Void

by Veronica A. | Sep 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

A void opens up and I’m spinning again,This is fine, I come here to be alone.I want anything but this,But at least no one can hurt me here. The emptiness scoops me up and welcomes me home.Belonging to the Nothingness seems appropriateFor a girl who learned to be seen...

I Knew But I Really Didn’t Know

by Gretchen W. | Sep 1, 2022 | ACA And The Arts, ComLine

I knew I didn’t want to be like my mother.She rubbed off on me anyway. I knew my Dad was a drunk who abused me and I was scared of him.I hoped that would change but it didn’t. I knew I didn’t really want to marry my first husband.I did it because I didn’t know it was...

Motus

by Geneviève R. | Sep 1, 2022 | ACA Beyond Borders, ComLine

En travaillant ma 1ère Etape avec ma « compagne de route », (Livre Jaune, p. 29, question 6), je lui ai lu à voix haute le poème suivant, écrit en 2007. Il illustre les règles « ne ressens rien » et « ne parle pas », comme la photo de cet œuf muselé, qu’une amie m’a...