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“Children need their parents all the time. They are needy by nature, not by choice. A child’s needs are dependency needs, that is, needs that depend upon another to be filled. Only grieving the loss will provide healing. Until that is done, the insatiable child will voraciously seek the love and esteem he or she did not get in childhood.”

Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child by John Bradshaw

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Ada Limón, from "The Russian River", Sharks in the Rivers

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I feel so disconnected from everything

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Natalie Wee, Least of all

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Ada Limón, from "To the Busted Among Us", Sharks in the Rivers

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I want to roll up my sleeves, dig my hands deep into the dirt, feel the soil under my fingernails, and carry the smell of the wet earth back home with me. I want to plant something, a tomato bush or lemon seeds; set the terra cotta pots in the light just so, remembering where the afternoon light likes to dance in the living room; on the balcony, by my bedside. I want to pay attention, even when nothing’s happened yet. Wave good morning to it. Whisper encouragement into its sleeping pocket of dirt before I call it a night, too. Mark the days in the margin of my journal of everything that’s happened, with a little note aside: today, just a sprout—two weeks, two branches opening young arms to the world. I want to hold something green and fresh in my hands. Admire the time it took to get here; the slow and precious process. Remember the care, the patience it takes, to keep a living thing alive. 

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The Glass Essay, Anne Carson | Molly Brodak, Molly Brodak

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George Seferis, translated by Rex Warner, from Poems translated from the Greek; "Last Stop,"

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Ada Limón, from "Territory", Sharks in the Rivers

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[i want to go back] by Gregory Orr

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Trista Mateer — "Ask Again Later"

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about anger

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I don't care what happens Just don't leave me alone.

And I know it is best to let people go sometimes. But it is just too much. It is just too real this time.

It makes me fucking sick to my stomach.

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Maybe part of this was my fault

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ALT

The Seventh Town of Ghosts, Faith Arkorful

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I never asked for this either

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Why didn't you notice? Why didn't you listen?