Colleen Millsteed

Joined May 2021

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My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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The Ramblings Of A Narcissistic Abuse Survivor
The beginning is incredibly exciting, passionate; all roses and honey, A connection of extremes, a meeting of souls, I was seen, heard, validated and loved — so I was made to believe.
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
The Proposal
Down on one knee (so I can reach you) “Baby girl, will you be my Valentine?” I’ll take that loud purr as a yes! ‘We’ll have treats for dinner
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
It Takes But A Second. Runner-Up in The Moment That Changed Everything Challenge.
I was spending a quiet Saturday morning lounging on my bed, nurturing an injury and letting the week of busyness fall from my shoulders. Mindlessly scrolling Facebook, while deciding what my day should look like.
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in The Swamp
You Picked The Wrong Woman To Destroy
A woman walks this earth to hold tight to those she loves, She’s born to honour her family, her children, her friends and especially her love,
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn
She has a love of life that rivals no other, Guarded by her spirits that whisper strength into her soul, Disrespect is just a smile away from a forever kiss of death,
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
It’s All A Learning Curve
It’s almost a month since I updated you all on my gypsy wanderings, so here I am to do so. Anyone following my travels will remember that when I last wrote, I was camped at Helidon Spa, at the bottom of the Toowoomba Range.
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Wander
The Destruction Takes Hold
A little boy of just six years of age, delightful with his winning smile, He is full of the charm of the innocent, the sweet babe,
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
Take That Rough Dirt Road
Life’s highways are almost never straight stretches to trek, They wind, twist and turn in a dizzying direction, Sometimes uphill, and the struggle is real,
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
That Glorious Day Has Arrived
The sun shines on this glorious day, blinding the intrepid, The greenery of the lush countryside picture perfect and pristine,
By Colleen Millsteed 12 months ago in Poets
Societal Outcast
She left it all behind! Left that crazy mixed up world; volatile and unpredictable, One without empathy, a sense of community, or the continuation of a helping hand,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
She’s So Much More Than You Perceive
She has a strength hidden from view to those that cast a blind eye, Those judgemental beings that believe only what they see,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets
The Power It No Longer Held
She took a trip down memory lane of yesteryear, Back to her hometown, to the church that brought her so much pain, Where so many memories are housed in between the pews and the altar,
By Colleen Millsteed about a year ago in Poets

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The Ramblings Of A Narcissistic Abuse Survivor

The Proposal

It Takes But A Second. Runner-Up in The Moment That Changed Everything Challenge.

You Picked The Wrong Woman To Destroy

The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

It’s All A Learning Curve

The Destruction Takes Hold

Take That Rough Dirt Road

That Glorious Day Has Arrived

Societal Outcast

She’s So Much More Than You Perceive

The Power It No Longer Held

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