HeyItsPhephen
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Writer, Mystic, and a Queer Descendent of Immigrants
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What is home? I'm not sure that I fully grasp the concept. I've been diving back into my memories trying to pull truth from the shadows that fill my mind. There is so much to go through and I have found myself forced to step back and take it all in segments...
By HeyItsPhephen5 months ago in Families
Between Blue Lines
Is it Selfish... ...to want to end your life? Many philosophers have suggested yes. But I'm not sure that matters in the moment of deep emotional affliction. Yet it has often been the very thing that kept me from crossing the line from one life to the next. If that belief helps you stay alive then it serves a holy purpose, but what happens when the guilt isn't enough to keep you going? What happens when the threat of hell and judgement isn't sufficient to override the dark cravings of death? If you're reading this then you've probably lived long enough to know that life gets problematic. Messy. Occasionally the mess becomes overwhelming. It becomes too much to process; to carry.
By HeyItsPhephen3 years ago in Psyche
Advent
There weren't always dragons in the Valley, but no one will forget the day the streets filled with screams of terror or the thundering of massive wings stirred the atmosphere. What had once been nothing more than folklore and tall tales for children suddenly became a waking nightmare as flying monsters of fury and might engaged in combat in the skies over Chattanooga. Buildings were ravaged and the streets flooded with dragon fire as they clashed overhead. The dragons raged for a week before finally retreating into the mountains to tend to their wounds.
By HeyItsPhephen4 years ago in Fiction
