It was my faultMaybe mostly or moreMy trauma, my trigger, my reactionMy emotions to feelTo resolve and to healMy wiring, my chemistry, my brainI needed to talkTo resolve and to healI needed to talk toI needed to tai needed to talkNevermindThank you for your time-Melissa Donley
Month: November 2025
Busted Stitch
Unknowingly my neighbor busted a stitch in my vulnerableRaw and mangled it spilled everywhereIt took me too long to realize the seams had always been poorly tacked at bestI scooped it up to ask, but the hurt strangled tightI knocked on the door and rung the bellLeft a note under […]
Wallpaper
The walls were papered and named a garden.No soil. No water. Nothing to till and seed.Arid brittle flakes.The room a stagnant cage.No bed for real to root in.No nutrients to heal the withered.There are no blooms in dead air.This is where I leave you.-Melissa Donley
Junkie
You sayDon’t wanna be meNever gonna see meHow can you believe meCall meString of bad newsPoison in the brewWhat’s a man got to doYou takeAll of the praiseLeave me to shameWithout a nameYeah you’reReady to scoreCreaks on the floorBreath at the doorBegging for moreBaby, moreBaby, moreBut I don’tLive there anymore-Melissa […]
EMDR Therapy
It didn’t matter to themRequests brushed away, no initiative takenI didn’t matter to themRejection, abandonmentIt’s not about themWounds linking, decades difficult to healTrauma triggered on repeatNo tools, no manual, empty co-pilot seatSad for me, learning the hard wayHaving to learn so much, so lateAlways reaching nothingI learnedI finally learnedTo not […]