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Tag Archives: hope

Finding beauty in the broken: From the other side of diagnosis

Changed, not broken. Finding our way through diagnosis.

Posted byKat StroppelNovember 20, 2018September 25, 2020Posted inpoems & storiesTags:diagnosis, epilepsy, hopeLeave a comment on Finding beauty in the broken: From the other side of diagnosis

Drowning

I nearly blew it up. I was down, deep in the depths, where the water is black and dank. Heavy with regret. And I couldn’t find my way up. Kicking and fighting — sinking lower and lower. And then I came up. Not in one forceful push to the surface, filling my lungs with air and spittingContinue reading “Drowning”

Posted byKat StroppelSeptember 3, 2018December 13, 2018Posted inPoemsTags:hope, life, regretLeave a comment on Drowning
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