BY: LIZ HARDIE Do you know what it’s like to be walking along, minding my business, and you get smacked in the face with a smell of your past, of pure evil? For many, this smell, a popular men’s cologne, may be wonderful, awakening their senses and bringing up great thoughts, maybe even excitement and joy. But for me it terrorizes me and takes me back to a time that I have tried to forget,…
BY: LIZ HARDIE Confusion, each day you look at yourself That is all you see Why are you here, are you pretty enough Are you fun to be around, why the dull personality Constant confusion in your head Are the new meds working, do you even need them Everyone keeps saying you do, you guess you agree Sadness consumes you, around others you force a smile or a grin Confusion, thinner, chubbier, thinner, chubbier, is…
By: Liz Hardie Admit it, you usually call me the “mean one” The one who supposedly breaks hearts Believe me, it was not so easy for me to run Decisions were not made by throwing darts The pain I have been put through is not right Abuse not many can truly understand I was able to stay, learning to deal with the fight The relationships I did leave, were never planned Alcohol or a hobby,…
By: LIZ HARDIE When reading fairy tales to a small child, you will always see a smile on their face Children then believe fairy tales will happen but for me it wasn’t the case I did at one time dream of finding that Prince who would sweep me off my feet But unlike in the fairy tales the bad guy was never so easy to spot when you’d first meet Sexual assaults turned my fairy…
BY: LIZ HARDIE Wake up, feel empty, just hoping your anxiety gives you a break You slept 12 hours but it only feels like one No matter what you do the feeling you can’t shake Your heart pounds and you feel like you can’t breathe Thoughts consume your mind and again you are lost Lost for hours it seems, gaining your composure seems impossible You wish you could exit this black hole, you would at…
By: LIZ HARDIE I have always doubted my strength, never knowing truly how powerful I am Finding someone to love me has always been important to me, since I was a teen To find the love that my parents have had for so many years So many times I feel like I may be close, their true colors are shown and I see how powerful I am on my own Never realizing that I needed…
By: LIZ HARDIE Toxic work environments can be detrimental to your health, both physical and mental Many times you may think you are the problem, but in this type of environment it is probably not you The problem is in the many issues that lie inside the workplace, including owners, management, coworkers Issues like micromanagement, gossip, lack of communication and lack of accountability to name a few Do you enjoy your job, the work that…
In your life, have you ever felt like a complete and total outcast.
With anyone, even friends or family, you just want to survive your past.
