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Read MoreI no longer know how to healin a world where abuse is so profuse& rewarded so highlyit becomes sanctifiedwhere predators have protectors & hit menwhile prey are treated like fish in a barrel& scum...always seems to rise to the...
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Thank you, Fia
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I hate what is happening with the Epstein case and the lack of respect for the victims…and all the covering up and protecting of those who committed such evil deeds.
There is no conscience, no conscience. Cold, rich people.
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What’s happening with the Epstein case is literally showing us that we have no power to fight back…according to them. They silence or eliminate what threatens them. Which – honestly – showcases their fragility perfectly. I’m over here screaming my head off about my truth & healing despite them. They can’t stop me. Cowardly monsters. Thank you
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Powerful and poignant. Fantastic.
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Thank you, Thomas
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The world is strange these days. I don’t understand some of these people, but honestly it’s a good thing. It means I haven’t sold my values.
I trust one day we will have our strength shown again.
Great ink friend.
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I agree. Not understanding them comforts me. I’ll keep my vulnerability & integrity intact & I’m just fine not understanding how their twisted minds work.
I read something the other day that gave me a moment of peace & hope. Loosely translated it said…light has the power to illuminate in darkness, but dark cannot look into light, it cannot bear it’s glow. I find that very calming. I’ll just keep my little fire burning & let them cower in their dark minds. Thank you, my friend
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Powerfully penned, Willow. Into the book it belongs! Excellent work my friend, you always bring it. Appreciate you.
Damian
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I have so much going on in my mind on any given day, I have to clear headspace. They don’t always go where I expect them to land. This one started in a dark moment. But I found myself rebelling internally as I wrote & the tone changed. Together is always stronger. Thank you, my friend
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Sometimes the question we ask ourself is are we damaged or is the world damage. We love the piece Lady, tight
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I don’t think any single person who encounters another human being isn’t walking wounded. We all walk around bleeding and causing each other further damage. I believe you might be on to something there. Maybe the world is damage. Disheartening that the biggest common denominator amongst us is pain…
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Read Moredon't I just...today is not a good day...not for sarcasm or good natured teasingtrust me...good is not how I'll read itwords like gashes & blisterswaiting for the drainage I'm watching shadows of the windslicing pieces off yesterday to feed mesuch bitter fruit...with...
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hello beautiful Willow this is full of clever verses creating so much feeling ❤
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Thank you 🧡
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This poem envelops me in its grip.
Sadness, shame, discord…I feel this way sometimes…jokes won’t humor me, pleasantries are the opposite of what I need.
Really strong, strong write.
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Thank you 😊
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Powerfully penned, Willow. Into the book it belongs! Excellent write my friend, I felt this one. Appreciate you.
Damian
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Life is…lifing. Thank you, my friend 😊
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Superb work.
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Thank you, Thomas
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Amazing, Willow. You keep impressing me with lines like, “slicing pieces off yesterday to feed me.” So strong and beautiful simultaneously. Keep it up. Please. And thanks for the audio version; you know I can’t help but gravitate to that. It is so well done.
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I’ve been slowly making spoken versions of many of my pieces. Just takes more time and energy than I currently have to spare. Thank you so much 😊
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Understood; I am doing the same while coping with bizzare-o-ness in my own world. But that’s okay, I get through with little tidbits of kindness from friends like you.
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It’s the little things that make a huge difference 😊
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Read MoreWritten by J.DoucetteCopyright © September 2025 All rights reserved.The Result of Never:Life didn’t pauseIt didn’t warn meIt just shifted—and suddenly,there you wereI blinkedI gaspedno way… is this real?YesIt wasfor both of usIn that oneundeniable moment—it wasbut it takes workmutual...
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“where your eyes almost met my soul so many great lines here I can feel your pain lovely lady hugs 💕
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Powerfully penned, Jackie. Pulls at my heartstrings, amazing write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
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A very intense piece.
So much brooding. I hear you.
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Quite beautiful. Love always takes work, but perhaps not so much.
Touching words dear.
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Read More"what doesn't kill you...makes you stronger"or so they say it might be truebut I'll tell you what I thinkit sounds like an abuser's excuseas usual...shifting the blame...to you ya know what else it creates?scars that never healfears that never weakentriggers unseen...sneaking...
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hello beautiful Willow it seems we are on similar wavelengths as of late the world has made me cautious and fear overtakes… great write you are not alone ❤️
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The world is definitely not a welcoming place these days. I find myself retreating further from it every day. Thank you, Brenda 🧡
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POWERFUL AND POIGNANT.
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Thank you!
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That phrase neglects something; It hides the trauma that stirred the mantra to be uttered. It doesn’t really make you stronger. It makes you “on guard”.
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It’s reminiscent of “suck it up, buttercup” to me. They do the abusing & then try to say they’re doing us a favor by “toughening” us up. Scar tissue is just as sensitive…just that nothing grows there anymore. Thank you, Styxian
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Into the book it belongs! Mic Drop, Willow. I got goosebumps! Appreciate you.
Damian
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I’ve been much in my head of late. Kinda dark place in the world these days. My own demons are at least familiar. Thank you, my friend
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Mic drop!! felt this too deeply love..
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Why are there so damn many of us? And the number just keeps going up. Thank you
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Like the joker said “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stranger”. I think that’s a bit more accurate haha.
Great ink.
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I like that one! It does that, for sure. Thank you, my friend
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Amazing work, Willow. I find myself blushing and cursing myself for never looking at that slogan from this point of view. I gave no thought of that phrase being anything more than absurd for its stupidity. Not that I never knew the pain — or felt it from my father’s hand, or saw it when my mother lay upon the floor with one leg jutting outward at an odd angle. I think I preferred to ignore it, not from shame or ignorance, but because the pain is still there, buried deep within my mind, still sticking in the knife. Thank you for this.
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This is why I write. Because those images haunt. And everyday nonsensical phrases take on different weight when you look at them from the other side. I can never not be fractured. I’m a complete kaleidoscope but if I can draw light to bits and pieces, make people see differently, than maybe someone else won’t experience it later that day. Or they might recognize the truth in what is being said and know they’re not alone in feeling it. We don’t change the world in leaps and bounds, we change it in moments and inches. But it does change. Thank you, FlatDaddy
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