I want to imagine deserts that don’t remind me so much of staring out of a car window. There was a time when red dust serpentining along endless straightaways felt like it was a separate planet set in motion solely for my rescue. The fine rust color hinting at the…

Spirituality is an incredible tool; like any tool, its use is only as good as those who wield it and wielding it comes with its own responsibilities and considerations. Within spirituality and my personal ever-expanding-gnosis and at the crossroads of my mental illness, I have found myself doing incredible things…

When I first named my abuser and publicly confronted the ways in which he had harmed me, there was an outpouring of support. People saw what I went through and told me they would stand by me. There were a few doubters and some negative opinions about me and my…

Ace of Swords depicts a crystal blue blade thrust upward into the sky, delicate, ringed fingers grasping it. Around it, clouds begin to clear and butterflies float upward with it signaling the power of commanding your own story. The Tower reversed is a crumbling refuse, its spire is shattered and…

Setting things down for time to pass around them Picking them up is a choice Things I never asked of you become burdens I exhume inside myself self-loathingly like self-abandonment self-nothingness Pouring myself out trying to pick up water Examining insides always ugly Why do I keep finding you there? …

The first person I ever met who called himself a wolf was a predator. He chased after underage girls, read books about how to manipulate and persuade people, and used his charming wiles to get whatever he wanted. He thought the wolf was violent and authoritarian in its anger, that…

When I was growing up I always knew that I was different but identifying how I was different was too far outside of my grasp. …

Malignant opens on the protagonist, Madison, an overworked pregnant woman, by showing her mundane arrival home. She looks tired, sickly, but above all the normality oozes from both her and her beautiful, lavish home. The arrival is swiftly intercepted by — what we can only assume to also be normal…

The Esoteric System is described by their deck as The Hierophant and The Star. A strong pursuit of knowledge and healing are core to who they are as people and why they began their journey into introspective spiritual work through tarot. …