Rielouise
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So Sick of Drowning
http://rielouise.wordpress.com/
At first glance, it may appear as though my blog about '90% about whining how miserable my life is. This is far from the truth. Dig a little deeper and you'll find posts about cats, art, nature, IT, relationships, the military, politics, history, psychology and much more besides. The blog does however deal with the issue of mental illness and if you find those posts 'miserable' it is because I was in the middle of a relapse. But if you work hard you will ultimately be rewarded.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 78 )
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Apartment Tour
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Posted on 13 March 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Shelfies Part I
Posted on 07 February 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Confessional
She enters the confessional ‘Oh Father I have sinned’ The world beyond has dimmed A separate dimension exists In the oak-panelled box A land where everything... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Writer’s Block
I face a blank sheet of paper – ice-white and treacherous. A No Man’s Land I cannot cross. My thoughts are imprisoned in my head and I do not have the key neede... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
In Sepia
Posted on 31 January 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Celebrity Messiah
I watch you scream down from the pulpit An anonymous speck in a vast congregation You shake your fists at the sky As the sun bursts from a cluster of clouds... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Apologies in Advance: Some Things Are Hard to Hear
This is how things used to be:Why is it that the mere mention of mental illness arouses such extreme reactions?We are freaks, outcasts, deviants. We arouse... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Winter
Posted on 18 January 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Old Library
Recently I returned to the city in which I spent my childhood!: Birmingham. Now, when I actually lived there I hated it but if you have been absent from a... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
There He Goes Again
That mad, megalomaniacal monarch Severing heads and hanging heathens With on look we could condemn ourselves One word out of place is treason And often he... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Magical Thinking
Warning: Brevity Ahead: When I was told of my father’s death I thought I heard a thread snap. The longer you live the more losses we sustain and we develop... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
My Late Father
I missed the anniversary of my father’s death. He passed away in July 2013.I had been sitting here for years waiting for someone to rescue me. A knight in... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Confessions of An Early Adopter I
I have been aboard the Good ship Internet since it set sail. For me it served an essential purpose; it provided me with an alternative to the everyday ephemera... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Catchy Tune
Boycott Israel, if you think that’s just But unless you have a double standard you must Also boycott the rest of the nations With allegations of human rights... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Hello Darkness My Old Friend
Fear feels like a rodent nibbling at the edges. I cannot adequately convey just how terrified I am. I live my life alone. This may sound ever so slightly self... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
On Boxing Day
Warning: Tediously self pitying content aheadI wrote this on Boxing Day:(Fun Fact: Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants and the day when they... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
The Gift of Winter II
Posted on 03 January 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
The dawn is breaking. I am in a black-hearted place. I am standing in my darkened kitchen drinking a mug of peppermint tea. In the background that weapon of mas... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
And Death Shall Have No Dominion
The dawn is breaking. I am in a black-hearted place. I am standing in my darkened kitchen drinking a mug of peppermint tea. In the background that weapon of mas... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION -
Sos
A recurring memory has taken up residence in my head. When I was twelve, at the height of summer, my family and I took a vacation to Majorca. Read more
Posted on 26 November 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION