Barbara Lamb
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Finding my voice.
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It is for Me to See
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I can feel the air ripping out of my lungs, but I can’t hear any sound. I am falling backward, and before my mind can wrap around what is happening, I can feel my body turn into soup and then explode. I am disappearing into the backdrop of stars and space. Am I dead? Just as I am losing all of myself, losing any thought of a memory, I can feel an electric charge, like a lightning bolt, that suddenly pulls me back together. With an explosion and a click,,,, I am standing naked in the dark. The floor feels smooth and cold against my bare feet. The cold air is still, but a static vibration pulls the hair on my body.
By Barbara Lamb3 years ago in Fiction
The Speeding Train
Thwack Thwack Thwack…. I can hear the sound. I can feel the vibration, but I can’t seem to wake up. I put my hand to my eyes, trying to will them open. My face feels numb and is cold to the touch. My other hand is by my side, and I can feel what seems like the hard ridges of a rubbery floor. My senses start focusing … whispering to myself, “Where am I?”
By Barbara Lamb3 years ago in Fiction
My Three Miracles
Like everyone, I have a lot of stories in my life, some are great, and some are horrible. I am a child of trauma. I grew up learning how to avoid abuse, I learned how to be invisible, and I felt disposable. Even as a young child, I could see that I came from a long line of generational trauma. I could see the disfunction of my parents; I could see the dysfunction of their parents before them. So before I understood the complexity, even before I had the words or catchphrases to express the damage of trauma, I knew that I wanted to break the chain. The most obvious way was not having children; that was the simplest and easiest solution. So as other girls my age dreamed of the families they would build, I dreamed of how to survive the one I already had, and I had made up my mind not to have children.
By Barbara Lamb4 years ago in Families
