Hi there!
I'm a writer recovering from an very long, emotionally abusive marriage. I've left and gotten divorced and now I'm working through all the detritus left behind. I have anxiety storms and days when I don't believe there's anything good about me. I have self-harmed and been suicidal. I might have PTSD. I know the dark.
As part of my healing journey, I've joined a writer's group where I live in Grand Rapids, MI, and rediscovered the poetry that lives inside my head. I always believed I wasn't a poet, but now the precision and compactness of poetry suits me and I'm writing it like never before. I want to share it. I need to share it.
Most of it relates to things about me. My return to Michigan, where I grew up, seen through the lens of my experiences and my long absence from this place that I finally realize matters deeply. I am rediscovering my connection to the land, the forests, the beaches and, above all, my Great Lakes. I am learning why Lake Michigan and Lake Superior matter so much to me and who I am now, with the infliction of trauma behind me. Some of it will be about my children, my two daughters and my son, all of them in their 20s and supportive of my journey. I love you, guys!
Come along with me. Discover my Michigan. Put your toes in the water.
It might be cold, but it is life.
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