Fifty Ways To Leave The (Dysfunctional) Game
(To the tune: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”) When the crisis is impeding, I know my sponsor said,The answer is easy when logic isn’t dead.The White Knight’s walking forward and the Red Queen’s got her head,‘Cause there’s 50 ways to leave the game. He said he could...
Box Of Colors
We've all been given a box of colors. I remember that huge jumbo set, the one that had every shade under the sun, moon and stars. One day I remember trying to eat the Mango Tango, yes and again on another day lighting the Carnation Pink on fire.... I remember that day...
Grief Work
I've been in ACA since April 2021. Since this past January, I've been incarcerated as a Federal inmate in a low-security prison for a sex crime I felt I was powerless to avoid. Those words are in our BRB - "Some ACA's are in prison for the rest of their lives for a...
Generational Violence
Note to my fellow travelers: A significant and meaningful part of my healing journey involves confronting my abusers through my writing. Here is one such poem. Dear Great-Great Grand-Monster:I don’t know you.I never met you.I’m glad I never met you. But I’ve read some...