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Melissa

Apr 29, 20221 min read

Unfilled

You open up a well of need A void in which deep yearning breeds Searing pain that makes me choke As I inhale burning, acrid smoke A chasm...

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Melissa

Apr 27, 20222 min read

In a Cloud

I’m not sure how I am or even where I am, as I exist in some cloud suspended between yesterday and tomorrow. I’m not sure what it is I am...

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Melissa

Apr 24, 20221 min read

No Music?

If this time of year finds you itching for some soothing soundtrack... well, I can't say this really takes the place, but it's an...

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Melissa

Apr 20, 20222 min read

What Distance Does

A lot gets stirred up for me when on a therapy break. Even missing one week brings into question every bit that I started to believe....

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Melissa

Apr 18, 20223 min read

Broken Matzah

It is Pesach noontime, and I am, once again, sweeping crumbled matzah, trying to gather the pieces to bring some semblance of orderliness...

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Melissa

Apr 11, 20222 min read

This Is the Hole

This is the hole. This formless, nameless, colorless chasm of fog. It’s a longing for something that doesn’t exist. It’s being homesick...

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Melissa

Mar 30, 20222 min read

In the Victim Seat

“I caught you victimizing yourself,” is not what my therapist said. Just… in a very vague, gentle way, I think she was trying to make me...

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Melissa

Mar 27, 20222 min read

Pseudo-Adult

With every piece of validation I receive, every bit of understanding of what happened, there’s a painful reality to accept. And so...

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Melissa

Mar 26, 20221 min read

My Two Allies— A Guest Post!

My Two Allies (an ode) By: Leah Schiffer Sometimes I write in a controlled manner. Words are formed, my pen marches obediently across the...

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Melissa

Mar 24, 20221 min read

Floppy Doll

I’m a floppy doll with no spine. A rag doll with no core. I can’t stay upright. I need to be propped up and then supported. Let go, send...

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Melissa

Mar 16, 20221 min read

How Many Masks?

So this is a Purim riddle. How many masks are there if on Purim, during COVID (actually I think we can -- G-d willing! -- say "post," but...

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Melissa

Mar 13, 20221 min read

Morbid Mournings

My brain is a morgue. Hollow and deathly quiet. Nothingness echoing against the walls of my skulls in an eerie, barely audible whisper of...

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Melissa

Mar 13, 20221 min read

In On the Action?

Retail therapy is our brand-new blog page here at Unseen! Check out some must-buys that are languishing in carts all over cyberspace. And...

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Melissa

Mar 12, 20222 min read

In Retreat

I’ve retreated to a place deep within myself. There, nothing exists, just pain and fog. A painful fog, and foggy pain. Life floats around...

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Melissa

Mar 7, 20222 min read

What Was I Thinking?

The problem with an email is that once a few seconds pass, you can no longer revoke it. The problem with words is that once they’re...

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Melissa

Feb 27, 20223 min read

Face at the Window

Alone in the room, curtains fluttering over smudged window panes. I retreat deeper into myself so I shouldn’t see it: the dark, the dust,...

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Melissa

Feb 27, 20222 min read

What I Knew All Along

I actually wrote this piece several months ago. But now that I face the same realization all over again in my therapy journey, I'd love...

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Melissa

Feb 25, 20221 min read

Weirding Out With Wordles

Are you in on the Wordle craze? (That's a rhetorical question... I know!) So how do you decide on which word to start with? I know...

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Melissa

Feb 24, 20222 min read

Mystery Pain

To think that once upon a time, not too long ago, I thought of pain as a migraine headache, an excruciating toothache, labor contractions...

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Melissa

Feb 19, 20221 min read

How Was Your Week?

How was your week? you ask As I awkwardly settle in your chair I’ve got no idea how it was Don’t even know why I’m here Something about...

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