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I feel like I’m dying

I’ve been thinking about death a lot lately. Wondering what it feels like to be at the end of your life. To see death approaching, drawing ever closer, reaching arms up towards you to take you to another plane. Do you go quietly, joyfully, nervously. What if you’re not ready. What if the signal comes …

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The Mother Wound

This is a time of transition. I look in the mirror and see you staring back at me. I see my folded hands and think about the way you used to do the same. See the curve of my belly and wonder if this is your body or mine. Our relationship has always been difficult. …

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The Fairy Tale

In the fairy tale, daddy bear meets mummy bear and they fall in love. They are young and successful and feel that together they have the strength of a thousand bears, daring to take on the world. They have adventures together, scout opportunities, succumb to the lure of money and success. Some time later bear …