Tag: Hurt

White Spaces

Posted on March 12, 2022 by tara caribou

it hurts like claws digging inthe betrayalthe wickednessvicious claws tearing, grippingnever letting go it wasn’t just the wordsit was what lay between the wordslies lies lies!and I never saw it comingnever thought it possible how you held my heart in the one handand her… Continue Reading “White Spaces”

Category: Poetry, tara caribouTags: Betrayal, Dark, Hurt, Lessons, Loss, Lust, Memories, Mental Health, Poem, Poetry, Relationship, Sadness, Self Worth, Thoughts, Turmoil, Writing

Through The Window

Posted on August 16, 2021 by tara caribou

87 Comments

The first time she climbed through my bedroom window in the middle of the night I was ten and she was eight. She didn’t say anything, just clung to me beneath my purple unicorn blanket and quivered. I wrapped my arms around her and… Continue Reading “Through The Window”

Category: Flash Fiction, tara caribouTags: Abuse, Coping, Dark, Flash Fiction, Friendship, Healing, Hope, Hurt, Love, Memories, Prose, Sadness, Short Story, Writing