Mistakes were made Dreams were shattered Hearts were broken I pick the scab and wonder why I bleed The Year I Almost Met My Brother I am an only child. I mean, I was an only child. Well, sort of. I was raised as an only child, but then . . .medium.com Love, Pandora C’mondonnarobertsphd.medium.com Forty-Eight Stars and a Purple Heart America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the…donnarobertsphd.medium.com

I walk away . . . again With resolve That withers I turn back . . . again With resolve That flounders I trod the same path . . . again I meet the same demons . . . again And I fall . . . again So consistent in…

In those dark hours When you question the presence of light And the coming of dawn And the value of your soul The sand flows through the hourglass Excruciating in its infetisimal march And you’re sure it will defy all laws of nature And just stop Leaving you suspended In the dark In…

There was once a last time That we kissed We didn’t know it then Or we may have kissed more passionately There was once a last time That we danced We didn’t know it then Or we may have danced one more dance There was once a last time That…

My eyes dart across the ruin Landing briefly on a shiny object here A glitter there Fools gold A mirage Just embers Of a wild burn Pieces of a life That is no more Random memories Disjointed and meaningless Without the golden threads that link them together in a narrative that makes sense Broken pieces That don’t fit together Shining…

Lost in my lostness Unable to see clearly Or feel clearly Or think clearly Coated in the foggy film of confusion Indecision Vague anxiety Straining to find the path Stumbling Shivering Grasping Adrift Clinging to empty air Lost So lost Dead Ends One day You wake up And look around To find yourself In a place you don’t recognize A place you never thought you’d bedonnarobertsphd.medium.com Ode to the unconscious That bubbling cauldron of all things pastdonnarobertsphd.medium.com