Tag Archives: Brief Reactive Psychosis

Little Boxes V

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Anne Schilde

Four-year-old Alex… well, she’s almost four… sits alone in her room. The voices of men from the other room are laughing and happy. It hurts her. It’s lonely where she sits. She knows she’s supposed to be lying down, but … Continue reading →

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Little Boxes II

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Anne Schilde

I wrote my name upon a wall and left it there to stay a salty tongue licked patiently while no one watched it fade away Jessi and I lay side-by-side on the beach staring out over the calm surface of … Continue reading →

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Shades of Grey

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Anne Schilde

Somehow running was going to help. It always seems to help. I don’t know how or why, it just does. So I ran. Every time it happens now, I run. Every time what happens? I had no idea who I … Continue reading →

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The Old Saloon

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Anne Schilde

Flames raged in my cheek, the bone probably broken again. My reflection is already ugly and twisted from when he broke it once before. Daddy raised his hand again. Instinctively, I shrunk away and tried to shield my face from … Continue reading →