Untitled Poem
by Gertie
At first its like a movie. A movie that wont stop.
A movie that cant be put on pause.
A movie that makes you feel like you a re-experiencing what’s in the movie.
A re-experience nobody wants to deal with to begin with.
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Poetry; Day Five: Imperfect
Untitled Poem
by Gertie
Looking at the their arms.
Arms that look like railroad tracks.
Arms that aren’t suppose to look like a railroad track but do.
Sadly the scars have others stare.
Fortunately, the scars have help with being an advocate
An advocate for those who have no voice.
Poetry; Day Four: Journey
The Journey of Recovery
by Gertie
Recovery is a path.
A path that is journey.
A journey that has valley’s as deep as Death Valley.
Peeks so high that its like you are looking down from the peek of Mount Everest.
The journey isn’t always deep or high its sometimes flat and boring or even like a rollercoaster that goes upside and backwards.
The journey of recovery isn’t meant to be flat and easy but its well worth it.
It’s worth it to have a life worth living, whatever that looks like to you.
Weekly Plans
Good Morning, World!!! As I sit here starting this post, I realize that I forgot to do my weekly check-in yesterday. I’m disapointed that I didn’t do it like I said I would however I’ve also been blogging more on the regular basis that you a well aware of what my week was like. So my plans for the week are as follows:
Sunday:
- Blog which is obvious as this is my third post of the day. I also plan to blog my poem for the intro to poetry course later on today.
- Art. I plan on doing some painting. I plan on painting something for my case manager.
- Read. Pretty self explanitory.
- Clean my apartment
- Workbook
Monday:
- Blog. This is the day where not only will posting my poem for the intro to poetry course but start the weekly fictional writing prompt. I’ll be doing the writing prompt every Monday.
- Attend Knitting Group
- Attend Art Group
- See my case manager
- See temporary therapist, Gilbert
- Read
- Workbook
Tuesday:
- Phone Interview
- Read
- Clean apartment
- Art
- Blog
- Workbook
Wednesday:
- Go to clubhouse
- See temporary therapist, Gilbert
- Art
- Read
- Clean apartment
- Blog
- Workbook
Thursday:
- Go to social security office
- Pay bills
- Clean apartment
- Blog
- Art
- Workbook
- Read
Friday:
- See temperary therapist, Gilbert
- Blog. This particular post will be Fun Facts Friday
- Art
- Clean Apartment
- Read
- Workbook
Saturday:
- Blog; Weekly check-in
- Volunteer
- Read
- Workbook
- Art
Thank you for reading my long boring post about my week to come. As you can tell I’m cleaning my apartment a lot. Its because its a disaster area. I tend to not keep up household chores when my depression gets bad. I plan on spening about 15 minutes a day to clean so I don’t get overwhelmed.
Thank you again for reading my blog. Its apreciated. Peace Out, World!!!
Poetry; Day Three: Friends
Friends
by Gertie
Friends become family. A chosen family
Rare as it is, some even risk their own life for you.
It never ceases to amaze how close chosen family be.
Even thought there are an argument or two,
Nothing can get between our chosen family.
Dependability is something that is always counted on when times get bad.
So here’s to those friends who have become family.
Poetry; Day Two: Faces
Monster’s Eyes Within The Face
by Gertie
Face’s amongst us.
Look at their face and you can not tell.
Look into their eyes.
Look deep into their eyes and you can tell there is a monster within them.
A monster that may have hurt me but helped me.
Helped me by making me stronger despite them trying to make me weak.
A Lot on My Mind
Good Moring (again), World!!! I have a lot on my mind. Some of it has to do with blogging, while some of it has to do with other aspects of my life. The two kind of go hand and hand as my blog has a lot to do with me writing about my struggles and triumphs of my life.
I’ve been thinking on how I can get more people reading and/or following my blog. Some of it means that I have to put more effort into reading the post of the blogs I follow. If that means scheduling a time do so then I am more than willing to do so. The reason for me to start reading the blogs I follow is to like post and commenting on them. I have found that if I comment and/or like post I tend to get more traffic even if I don’t post on my blog that day. Another way is to get more traffic on my blog is tags. I’ve notice quite frequently that if I use tags I normally don’t use I tend to get more traffic. Tags appear to help a great deal. I know that is how I started following many of the blogs I currently follow. I also realized a long time ago is that if I post a picture on my blog post I get more traffic. That’s why I make every effort to read post without pictures. Not everyone has the luxury to post pictures for whatever reason. Another way that I’m trying to increase my traffic is to do free courses WordPress has to offer. Plus having a guest blogger will be helpful as well as me having a schedule on when I blog. I have found that if I blog on a regular basis folks tend to keep their interest more.
My mind is also reeling because of mental health symptoms. Specifically PTSD symptoms. Having flashbacks and body memories are not my idea of fun. Having both of these symptoms at the same time makes it feel like the trauma is happening all over again.
Something that helps me with the symptoms of PTSD is reading. I love to read especially book series as I hate to say good bye to characters. Yes, I know the characters are fictional but you can help but they become part of your life even for a short while. The book I am reading is by Robbin Hobb and is the first of a trilogy; Ship of Magic. I highly recommend it. The picture bellow is a picture of it as well as stuffed elephant a friend made me:
Thank you for reading this post. A post full of woes. Its much appreciated. Have a wonderful day. Happy Friday. Peace Out, World!!!
Wide Awake
Good Morning, World!!! I should really try to get back to sleep however I am not really sure if I will be able to do so. The reason why I say this is because I fell asleep early and now a I am wide awake.
Since, I’m wide awake I’ve been reading. Reading Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb. I am really enjoying the book. A book that I am surprised to be liking due to the fact it took the first two chapters to finally get into. If you like the genres of Sci Fi and Fantasy you would like this book. I hope to be doing a book review at the end of the book. It’s the first book of the Liveships Trader trilogy.
I love reading book series. I love series due to the fact I end up really connecting with the characters. Connecting enough to where I don’t want the story to end. In fact I’ve had folks tell me I should read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. People of suggested this series because it has a total of fourteen books. I though about reading it however I think it might be a wee bit long for me. It’s something to think about. If I do start to read it, I know I wouldn’t be bored for a while.
I should get going to I can get back to reading. Thank you for reading my blog. I plan on writing my next poem for my next assignment for the course I am taking with WordPress later on today. I hope everyone enjoys their Friday. Peace Out, World!!!
Poetry, Day One: Water
Peace Like a Brook
by Gertie
Water is peaceful.
Peaceful to our spiritual selves.
Selves that must flow like a brook.
Choosing To Not Worry
Good Morning (again), World!!! As, I told you briefly in my last post I was going to see my dermatologist today which I did. He is concerned about a couple of moles on my back. He removed them and sending them out for an biopsy. Yes, I am a lil fearful about the biopsy as skin cancer runs in my family however I am hopeful about it as well. I am hopeful because I have had other moles biopsied before and there was no hint of cancer. So right now, I’m going to choose to not worry about the biopsy until I get the results and even then there is a high chance I won’t have to worry.
I’ve decided that I’m going to start doing the Intro To Poetry course the WordPress puts on. This is to help me stay focused on blogging. For me staying focused on my blogging helps me have the structure I need and desire. I’m going to post my first poem for the course this evening.
I hope everyone as a good rest of the day and Peace Out, World!!!
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