Originally posted on Tahni J. Nikitins:
Long time no see! Apologies for another long absence — life has been very lively lately, and I haven’t had much chance or energy to do the regular blog thing, but I have been trying to keep up with my writing. Recently I had a two-part exploration of trauma…

Originally posted on Tahni J. Nikitins:
Let us not silently slip into the dark But break as does the dawn into day And waves over stone Thundering with the roars of a thousand Boudicaas Shrieking with the passion of a thousand Joans Keening with the righteous power of a thousand Jezebels Let us rend this…

Originally posted on Tahni J. Nikitins:
Of the bounty of life I see nothing quite clear — ? Looking beyond great seas and mountains There’s just one thing I hold dear — ? In this cult of death It isn’t life we savor — ? Salivating and straining for Only what lies later — ?…