Uncensored Heart

 This is for those that know that life isnt perfect. The ones who spend every waking moment trying to make it better and failing. You get up, dust off, and try again....but you never quite get past it. You are not alone, there are so many out there that I know feel the same. Here is your light at the end of the tunnel....knowing that so many others are there and struggle or have been there and are healing. Feel broken down, my body aches My heart it bleeds from past mistakes Can't stop the tears, they fall like rain The words are spinning 'round my brain So scared and feeling so alone The coldness fills my every bone No food, no sleep, can't think at all Each way I turn, another wall This darkness haunts my very soul My world seems dead I've lost control The only weapon is my pen Past demons have moved in again.

What do you do when it feels like your life is falling apart? How do you handle emotional pain? Crises happen. When life gets messy, and it most reliably does, it is at times harder than hard to keep ourselves upright and unified in the middle of the craziness. Our bodies do weird things. Our brains do even weirder things in response. We get swallowed up by traumas from the past, engulfed by something that has happened, is happening, or that we're terrified won't ever stop happening. Furthermore, the daily mix of worldly and personal woes is endless: kids struggling, marriages exploding, businesses collapsing, people dying, friends hurting, countries starving, contingencies battling, and bodies ailing. Culturally we are indeed fascinated by suffering, not only because it moves us, but also because it reminds us that we are not alone in our struggles. Though we often skulk away from poignant feelings, we are also drawn to them, as they make us experience deeply wh...