I have been clenching my jawFor thirty years,And it’s beginning to acheIn a placeNot even a surgeon couldTouch. To theUntrained eye It might lookLike a smileThe way the muscles tense up Holding the poise ofThe poison everSo slightlyIn betweenThe bite of myTeeth. I hold still so as not toGrindItTo death. I’m worried if I letContinue reading “Release”
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The soul can replenish itselfIf you let it. You must waterHerEveryday,First thing in the morning. EarlyWith the sunAs they tickle the cloudsA gentlePink. You must give her spaceTo breathe.But the inhalesMust beFull.Nothing around her waist.Nothing touchingThat soft,Supple stomach until it expandsTo the tipsOf its reach. There must also be roomFor exhalationEnough time forpowerfulTransverse muscle webToContinue reading
Dissecting the Bird
I have been feeling off the past several days. De-centered, if you will. I’m doing all of the “right” things:I have my daily ritual.I drink water.I write about my emotions while I sit in font of my happy lamp. I work out or I dance for a minimum of 30 minutes.I meditate for 10 minutes,Continue reading “Dissecting the Bird”
Ode to Growth— Uncomfortable and Honest
It’s not about the foodit’s about the messI want this lessI don’t know how to confessthe messduressundressthe messmy messI canttrustways that I am over this. I don’t want to speak—it’s the silence that feeds my dissatisfaction I am a recovering people pleaseras they sayI’d rather whither awaycry in my office dailysuffer loads of emotional painContinue reading “Ode to Growth— Uncomfortable and Honest”
This Week’s Mini Wisdoms
Four mini wisdoms from the week of October 12, 2020
LNOTS DBD
Musings on the feel-goods
Thoughts I Had On My First Day of Running Participants for My Own Research Study
“Wow, talking about drool is very unsexy,” and other internal quotations from a first day of collecting data for my first human participant research.
An Introduction of Sorts
Do graduate students even need a website?
Well, to be perfectly honest—I don’t know. This may have been a colossal waste of my time and energy and become a really great and somewhat expensive procrastination tool. But here’s the thing I’m willing to give it a shot.
Dagny Deutchman 