Author: PoetessLaureate

I am a writer, counselor, and student of human behavior with a particular fascination for the unseen forces that organize our lives. My work combines psychology, field theory, complexity theory, attachment, and personal reflection to explore how people become who they are, how they change, and how they become entangled in one another’s stories. Psychological Cartography is my ongoing effort to map the terrain of the mind and the relational fields we inhabit. Through essays, poetry, and original concepts, I explore topics such as emotional contagion, projective identification, identity formation, social influence, and the hidden architectures of human connection. This is a place for curiosity, reflection, and the search for deeper coherence.

Crippling Conformity

Such a devastating strain

To stay the same

To be predictable, unthreatening

Appease the status quo

To blend in

Not cause a fuss

Not say much

It may strange

…but

I can change

Growing is learning

…and learning is transformative

Do I have to stay the same?

I can change

…in any way

I can shape myself to be

Anything

I can mold myself like clay

Flow like a wave

Bend like the bamboo on a windy day

Adapt

Evolve

…and rise above the fray

Share This Valuable Fruit

You know now, no need to numb yourself

See, so seductive the tangible

The only way to grow beautiful

Marinate, and capitulate

Do not dissociate from traumatic experiences

In fact, reel them in closer

Get a strong dose

Be more self-aware

To the winds, throw your fears

Positive self-talk yourself to death

Bring the guillotine with the stealth

Unfold your offerings like a feminine Divine smorgasbord

Then share them like an overflowing cornucopia to the world

Why hoard all this valuable fruit?

Ole Reliable Battle Axe

Battle-worn

Threadbare

Forlorn

A steadfast march to the edge of the precipice

A fuck-it-all deep dive into the abyss

Yet you survive

However broken into 10000 pieces

You gather these pieces into a makeshift being

And move along…