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Silent Stories have Guards.
Silent Stories have guards. The ones that cannot be told. Wrap themselves Hide themselves Find a dark place And without permission Without choice Build their fortress. Build their army. Hidden to protect. Hidden to fester. Hidden to haunt. The story… Continue reading
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Learning to love myself…
Over on Substack, I have been writing a series on how I have learned to love myself over the last 6-7 years, please do subscribe to me there, as it is where I do most of my writing. The most… Continue reading
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Hello darkness……friend….not monster.
Hello darkness, my old friend. I wrote in the first line of my journal this morning, as if I was channelling the ghost of Simon and Garfunkel and trying desperately not to rewrite the song as the outpouring of what… Continue reading
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The Invitation
Because in this moment There is nothing to fear Just you And what is. The water, the stones, the reflection That, is , what, is here If you are here. Truly really here Notice the stillness And do not be… Continue reading
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God is the God of the Brave (Advent week 1)
In amongst the usual stuff I write about, I thought I would share over the next few weeks, as a review of the year, 4 of the stories, readings, poems, that struck me in the course of this year, as… Continue reading
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What if the story we live by, is a story we cannot tell?
Something happened to you Something happened to you..that wasnt your fault Something happened to you…that wasnt your fault….and you had to do something as a result that you cannot talk about. Something happened to you..that wasnt your fault…and you coped… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 