You see the effect And attribute a cause Without knowing the context Or back story Unwittingly contributing to the damage That I keep at bay Through the conscious behaviors Which you perceive as Thoughtless reactions Feeding into the victim perpetrator storyline That threatened to destroy me Throughout my life You have but pieces of information [...]
Your actions Create situations That you respond to As a victim ©2019 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
The Sun Keeps getting into relationship with The Moon Basking dancing in Its mystical magical Light Which keeps turning out to be a reflection of The Sun The moon An empty shadow Without that Light Feeding it I have been told too often That I am too much And I keep ending up with Those [...]
This river Is leaving your boulders And heading to the vastness Of the ocean ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
I have been the River Clinging to the Boulder Trying to shape shift it Losing my own form and function In the process Stalling my flow Impeding my direction I release the boulder now Trust Life Surrender to my place In the scheme of things And allow myself to be The magnificent raging water That [...]
I had a nervous breakdown yesterday Howled with anguish so intense That I collapsed on the floor Not that you care You’ve made that perfectly clear But I wanted you to know That I’m not OK Because I’m sure You’re telling yourself That I am And agreeing with yourself As you do But I’m not [...]
I turn the world My world Upside down To take care of you Rescue you Comfort you Manage everything in your life That you can’t handle But unless something Directly and adversely impacts you You will not even take basic steps To protect me To not invade me To give me the space I need [...]
I am enough My life is enough I have done enough I am doing enough I am valuable My life is valuable My worth is valuable My emanation and sharing are valuable ©2017 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
This mess Just keeps following me Dragging on and on and on I try to clean it up To cut the brambles With my machete But new knots and thorns Spring up constantly ©2017 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
I trust you But I’m not sure If I can trust my trust Of you Others who loved me And who were responsible for my care Covered shit up Pretended Did in the guise of And that fucked me up I don’t want to lose In another game of psychological attrition And I don’t want [...]
