Posted by Barely Knit Together on Jan 9, 2010 in
Poetry,
Uncategorized It could be in
the name…orderly…
tidy beds no
decorative pillows
drapes blinds ties
that could bind.
Every day the trays
come
at the same time.
Droning television mutes
the hum of voices real
and imagined.
There is no one
to care for but myself
so I do -
make bedbrush teethwash hair
every day, even.
What else is there
to do?
Outside
the mind must hold
tenuously
grip the edge hold up the
buttress
of Important Things.
Inside
we’re
Free.
Tags: mental illness
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Oct 28, 2009 in
Breastfeeding,
Mental Stability,
Motherhood This post is actually over at Breastfeeding Moms Unite, written for Melodie upon her request.
It was an honor to share it with her, and I hope you’ll pop on over and read it.
It concerns – you guessed it! Breastfeeding. So don’t say I didn’t warn you. But it’s also about me, and might prove interesting. Or [...]
Tags: borderline personality disorder, Breastfeeding, medication, mental illness, nursing, psychiatry
Posted by Barely Knit Together on May 10, 2009 in
A Bit on the Dark Side,
Motherhood Dear Daughter,
I hope you’ll forgive me for so public a display as this. Maybe you’ll never even see it. If it does what I hope it will, you will instead receive a hand-written letter of apology and remorse from me.
See, I’m so used to typing, it’s hard to sit and write. But maybe this habitual [...]
Tags: dysfunction, mental illness, Motherhood, mothers day, parenting, screwing up, teens
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Feb 4, 2009 in
A Bit on the Dark Side “We are so fragile, and our cracking bones make noise,
and we are just breakable, breakable, breakable girls and boys.”
-”Breakable” by Ingrid Michaelson
Whenever I think of the Spanish word for birthday – cupleanos – I think of “accomplish.” I have accomplished another year.
Not terribly impressive when you think about it. Unless you know me.
My father came [...]
Tags: birthdays, depression, mental illness
Posted by Barely Knit Together on Dec 8, 2008 in
Mental Stability I am afflicted. I suffer from an assortment of letters that include: ACDBPODDD. In no particular order. I’m sure if I was feeling attentive or ambitious I could cobble together a word from all those letters, but I think there are too many disorders and not enough vowels. If I include those maladies belonging to [...]
Tags: add, adhd, borderline personality disorder, depression, mental illness, ocd, tourette's syndrome
