Introspection Stories

Pamela eased into the porch rocker, its familiar creak offering a lullaby for her newborn son, Kaden. She inhaled deeply, savoring the warmth of the ceramic mug against her palm and the spiced aroma of apple cider mingling with the crisp October air. A gust fluttered through the maples lining Willow Creek Drive, sending a confetti of amber and crimson leaves pirouetting past. As dusk settled over the quiet Baltimore subur...

You lied to me, spinning tales so grandYou treated me badly, leaving scars on my handsYou promised me things you hadn't the right toYou let me love, hate you and told me we're throughYou made plans time and again and never showed You tried to appease me but your excuses never slowedYou made me laugh and once upon a time loved meYou were smart and funny, and made me feel so freeYou once treated me well and cared and fussed...

We all have a dark part of ourselvesThat we desperately try to hideA part that is full of worry and fearEngulfed in envy, lust and prideSociety too often becomes obsessed With only our outwardly existence Forgetting what's inside matters mostOur insecurities must meet resistanceSo drop all your walls and let love inYou can grow if given the chanceOpen your heart honestly to possibilityAllow your inner spirit to finally da...