Author: Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink

I am a happily married Mama of two awesome kids, trying a find a way to coexist within a world full of things I fear. Anxiety might as well be my middle name, but now I want to move on from this long chapter in my life and learn to live again, or maybe even for the first time.

The Visitor

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink October 28, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Megan te Boekhorst on Unsplash it manifested before my bloodshot eyesI hadn’t slept in daysyet the more I couldn’t sleepthe more energy I seemed to feelthe being rose upfrom the edge of my bedand snickered at mein a way that I will not soon forgetI rubbed my eyes and realizedthat the reason they had been so redwas due to the amount I had been rubbing them latelyI soon recalled that...

Embracing Tomorrow

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink October 27, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by v2osk on Unsplash how do we hold ontothe beauty of yesterdayhow do we seal memoriesfrozen in timehow do we fill the voidof being forgottenhow do we cherish our loved oneswho have now since passed onwe sit with our feelingsand paint in the fragmentswe decorate memoriesleaving out disgraceful eventswe hold onto cherished momentsand let go of the thoughtsthat don’t help us move...

Remain Sane

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink October 4, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash it sounds great in theoryit plays out well in my mindit smells sweet when imaginedyet all is not wellthings need to be thought throughone must be warnedto stay away and runrun away for dear lifefor once that apple is consumedand once that letter hasbeen openedthe hook has been insertedthe energy has been penetratedlearn from lessons of the pastand remain...

Set Free

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 22, 2020 0 Comments
~a poem~ Photo by Aditya Saxena on Unsplash he told her to leaveshe stormed outwithout a thing to her name she didn’t even have timeto put on her shoes fear followed heryet she kept moving onknowing that if she went backthe abuse would startall over again as she sat upon the groundand pondered her next moveshe felt a sense of relieffor she finally was freefrom the neverending cycle of...

The Painful Skin that He Lives in

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 18, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash I feel so helplesssometimes it’s just too muchand I have to go and block it out his entire bodyfull of soresI seriously don’t knowhow he survives I don’t think I’d make it out aliveif I had to deal with his condition I can barely handle it on him I feel the pain of his sufferingI say a prayerand beg and pleadfor God to heal him completely when...

Holding Onto Hope

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink September 11, 2020 0 Comments
it’s hard not to feel disappointedwhen things don’t go as plannedwhen suddenly the thought of counting blessings feels meaningless and foreign yet I must then remind myself that things could always be worse I must hold tightly onto the hopethat only God freely givesto everyone who asks so even though I’m brokenand even though I make mistakesI will always treasure in my heartand cling...

She Sits Alone

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink August 12, 2020 0 Comments
Photo by Cristian Lozan on Unsplash   as people walked silently by they ignored her presence   they ignored the intense pain she seemed to feel   they had no guilt in her oppression they had no thought to ease her sorrows   she sat alone throughout the years   she spoke so softly no one to listen   she wondered if another day would ever feel right again  ...

The Storm

Charlotte Kingsbury-Fink July 30, 2020 0 Comments
  Photo by Cristian Lozan on Unsplash   a rainstorm came suddenly I allowed it to wash away my sadness inside the puddle beside me I threw away all of my desires emptying myself of everything that mattered gave me a sense of peace a chance to fill myself with new possibilities within this nothingness I found freedom a clean slate with no shame       Until next time, stay...