Can’t see it, Can’t touch it, Can’t point to it. Did it ever happen, It’s all in my head, Get over yourself. Intimidating, Manipulative, Controlling, Criticizing, Humiliating, Dismissive, Yelling. Kinda like Covid 19, Turning the…
Browsing Category abuse
Infatuated Yet Terrified
She’s more concerned With his pleasure Than her own pain Her voice Once full of inflection And questions And personality Is reduced To monotone whispers Uttering sweet nothings Showing him affection He doesn’t deserve She…
More Nightmares, More Memories
Here we go again, another submission to Neshamas because my feelings are drenched in shame, and how could I say this to people who know who I am. Tomorrow in therapy, I will reveal that…
Meira Kuperstein
*please note all names have been changed* Meet Meira Kuperstein, so full of light Who, it’s sad to say, wasn’t treated right The details themselves don’t really matter But her world around her started to…
When A Nightmare Is A Memory
When nightmares are memories Waking up is as painful as the nightmare. The smell of blood that awoke me from my sleep Is the smell of my broken heart bleeding from my chest. I wake…
The Father I Could Have Had
You entered my life when I was 14. My mother was finally happy. I finally had a “dad” I could look up to. But you had us all fooled. A couple years down the line…
Eshet Chayil
When I met you, I thought that everything was going to be different. Wow… A rabbi and Ben Torah, someone who could teach me and lead a family to help me grow closer to the…
Jumping Into Air
Instability. That’s what being your student was like. Like walking on eggshells. Like trying to jump into air, and asking it to catch me. You were so kind at first, and I was so happy…
Mister Nice Guy
People meet you and the first thing they think is “What a quiet guy.” Once they talk to you a bit they’ll notice that you aren’t silent, and that you’re, in fact, quite well mannered,…