Still, I will search for fragments-
a stray note in the bird's call,
a hint of light through drawn curtains.
And though mornings feel stolen,
I will piece together their essence,
whispering to the pain,
“You will not win.”

*work in progress*

#endo #endometriosis

I long for the mornings I’ve lost,
for their gentle embrace,
their stillness that soothed
without asking for more.
But Cyclone Endo keeps its grip,
its bands ferocious and endless,
a reminder that nothing is sacred,
all can be taken.

Now, the sunrise feels distant,
its beauty muted
by the closing of a door.
Pain bends the hours,
pulls the world out of focus,
and leaves me stranded
on the edge of time-
a hazy witness to the slow erosion
of what I once held sacred.

The mornings I once knew
were quiet sanctuaries,
where the first footsteps on the shore belonged to me,
as the world awoke,
each sunrise a promise
of something new.

I don’t see how some people can suggest he’s a genius and yet also had no idea what this signal was!

I’ll ask my GP about this! Didn’t mention it when I asked about cost but he knows my financial situation right now so that may have been the overriding issue in his mind!

Terrible 😢

I wish they’d make it free even for those past the recommended age! I’m one shot short (surgeries got in the way) but just can’t afford it!

It’s like their collective trauma has shaped a narrative of vulnerability even when they’re the aggressors

Worst club but it has the best people. Hope you’re not in too much pain.

Seems so slow always when it comes to women’s health, baby steps. I get so impatient with it!

I think it’s important we challenge harmful behaviour or we’ll never be better

If calling out this behavior makes the "pig happy," that says more about their comfort with the status quo than it does about those of us challenging it, IMHO

*AOC’s

To me there’s a difference in using insults like “loser” as a blanket dismissal to shut down dissent or demean people arbitrarily. AOC’e post is calling out specific, pervasive behaviour - harassing women for celebrating their achievements - and pointing out the harmful mindset behind it

I didn’t know we were getting away from calling out bad behaviour

Thank you!

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