Comments on: Open Book http://poemaequiaperio.com/2010/04/13/admin/open-book/ Poems That Reveal........ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kathy @ Making Noises http://poemaequiaperio.com/2010/04/13/admin/open-book/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Kathy @ Making Noises Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:56:02 +0000 http://poemaequiaperio.com/?p=855#comment-37 <p>There's going to be at least one more installment in my "Force Fed" series guys...and one of them is going to be even harder to write..about the early years, pre-foster care. Why though do I feel such shame over something I had no control over?</p> <p>I think though that who we choose to expose ourselves to, so to speak, is super-critical. I say that despite the fact that my 'stuff' is on the internet for all to read....</p> There’s going to be at least one more installment in my “Force Fed” series guys…and one of them is going to be even harder to write..about the early years, pre-foster care. Why though do I feel such shame over something I had no control over?

I think though that who we choose to expose ourselves to, so to speak, is super-critical. I say that despite the fact that my ’stuff’ is on the internet for all to read….

]]> By: Cheryl http://poemaequiaperio.com/2010/04/13/admin/open-book/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Cheryl Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:45:44 +0000 http://poemaequiaperio.com/?p=855#comment-36 <p>That whole concept of freedom seems so costly ...like stripping down and standing naked for all to see. And yet the cost of staying in bondage is also costly, wearing a mask to keep hidden the true beautiful self, all in the effort of minimizing exposure and pain. I, too would rather stay clothed, and retreat into the silent recesses of myself, yet that freedom voice lures me and will not leave me alone.</p> That whole concept of freedom seems so costly …like stripping down and standing naked for all to see. And yet the cost of staying in bondage is also costly, wearing a mask to keep hidden the true beautiful self, all in the effort of minimizing exposure and pain. I, too would rather stay clothed, and retreat into the silent recesses of myself, yet that freedom voice lures me and will not leave me alone.

]]> By: Rae http://poemaequiaperio.com/2010/04/13/admin/open-book/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Rae Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:04:12 +0000 http://poemaequiaperio.com/?p=855#comment-35 <p>This has been a constant battle for me and I think it always will be. Thanks so much for sharing your link, I visit your website often. I admire the courage it has taken for you to share some of your past - they are such difficult steps to take.</p> This has been a constant battle for me and I think it always will be. Thanks so much for sharing your link, I visit your website often. I admire the courage it has taken for you to share some of your past – they are such difficult steps to take.

]]> By: Kathy/Making Noises http://poemaequiaperio.com/2010/04/13/admin/open-book/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Kathy/Making Noises Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:17:20 +0000 http://poemaequiaperio.com/?p=855#comment-34 <p>Hi I struggle with this a lot. But I've decided to take the risk, more and more. Maybe there's less shame with more openness, I don't know, but it has been healing for me.</p> <p>A link to some of my blog postings where I've opened up: http://www.bignoise-enterprises.com/blog/?cat=310</p> Hi I struggle with this a lot. But I’ve decided to take the risk, more and more. Maybe there’s less shame with more openness, I don’t know, but it has been healing for me.

A link to some of my blog postings where I’ve opened up: http://www.bignoise-enterprises.com/blog/?cat=310

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