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<![CDATA[Mosaic Minds Community Forums - Creative Writing]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/ Fri, 08 May 2026 07:48:59 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[number crunching]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2767 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:46:32 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2767 5 girls

2 eyes

1 brain

5 minds

2 points

5 styles

1 skull

5 spines

2 hands

1 hammer

5 irons

1 fire

1 truth

5 takes

2 lips

1 liar

5 darts

1 board

5 throws

4 missed

1 dress

5 bars

10 beers

all pissed

1 night

1 bed

5 sleep

no rest

5 souls

1 date

5 hearts

1 break

5 lives

2 legs

1 million

tiny eggs

]]> 5 girls

2 eyes

1 brain

5 minds

2 points

5 styles

1 skull

5 spines

2 hands

1 hammer

5 irons

1 fire

1 truth

5 takes

2 lips

1 liar

5 darts

1 board

5 throws

4 missed

1 dress

5 bars

10 beers

all pissed

1 night

1 bed

5 sleep

no rest

5 souls

1 date

5 hearts

1 break

5 lives

2 legs

1 million

tiny eggs

]]> <![CDATA[Poem entitled Lost and Alone]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2742 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:02:33 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2742 (Part I)

Walking down an empty street
weeds grow through the cracks
beneath my feet.
The sun shines
on a hot summer day,
I feel as if
I've lost my way,
wandering alone,
my identity completely unknown.
Squinting to see my way
through the hot summer haze
I'm in a daze,
out of phase,
with my inner ways.
With no place to go
and no way to grow,
I wander away
the hot summer day
lost and alone,
completely unknown.

-Me]]> (Part I)

Walking down an empty street
weeds grow through the cracks
beneath my feet.
The sun shines
on a hot summer day,
I feel as if
I've lost my way,
wandering alone,
my identity completely unknown.
Squinting to see my way
through the hot summer haze
I'm in a daze,
out of phase,
with my inner ways.
With no place to go
and no way to grow,
I wander away
the hot summer day
lost and alone,
completely unknown.

-Me]]> <![CDATA[Balance, peace and joy]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2400 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:21:00 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2400
"Balance, peace and joy are the fruits of a wonderful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them."
Thomas Kinkade]]>
"Balance, peace and joy are the fruits of a wonderful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them."
Thomas Kinkade]]> <![CDATA[Balance, peace and joh]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2399 Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:10:08 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2399
"Balance, peace and joy are the fruits of a wonderful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them."
Thomas Kinkade]]>
"Balance, peace and joy are the fruits of a wonderful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them."
Thomas Kinkade]]> <![CDATA[a poem]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2336 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:31:12 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=2336 and a light in your eyes that exposes me like a spotlight
you could get away with murder
or paint the sky in a night
limitless

you are limitless and dear lord i want you to succeed

your voice is utterly, painfully human
and you are not perfect
but you are good enough

then you lean in close to me and my head hits the mirror]]> and a light in your eyes that exposes me like a spotlight
you could get away with murder
or paint the sky in a night
limitless

you are limitless and dear lord i want you to succeed

your voice is utterly, painfully human
and you are not perfect
but you are good enough

then you lean in close to me and my head hits the mirror]]> <![CDATA[poetry: The Definition of My Pain (TW)]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1691 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 06:27:46 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1691 The Definition of My Pain

I have been a victim
a casualty of others’ rage and twisted sadistic minds
a sacrifice on the altar of their selfishness
I have been broken
shattered by the horrors I had to endure
fragmented by the torment and pain of my own mind
demoralized by the words and actions of those meant to protect
I have been lost
drowning in the pit of my despair
cut adrift in a sea of loss, of innocence, of sanity
of the very meaning of safety
I have been wounded
the scars on my body and soul will always be there
the damage will never fully heal
I am a survivor
of things that would have destroyed others
of things that have destroyed others
but -
I am not strong
I am not brave
I merely exist
the only thing that keeps the breath in my body
and my soul tethered to this plane
is the need to keep anyone else
from having to endure that which has made me
what I have become
for that alone I continue
in pain,
in despair
crying silent invisible tears
hoping, praying
my travesty of a life
can save someone else
from the suffering I live in daily
without end.]]> The Definition of My Pain

I have been a victim
a casualty of others’ rage and twisted sadistic minds
a sacrifice on the altar of their selfishness
I have been broken
shattered by the horrors I had to endure
fragmented by the torment and pain of my own mind
demoralized by the words and actions of those meant to protect
I have been lost
drowning in the pit of my despair
cut adrift in a sea of loss, of innocence, of sanity
of the very meaning of safety
I have been wounded
the scars on my body and soul will always be there
the damage will never fully heal
I am a survivor
of things that would have destroyed others
of things that have destroyed others
but -
I am not strong
I am not brave
I merely exist
the only thing that keeps the breath in my body
and my soul tethered to this plane
is the need to keep anyone else
from having to endure that which has made me
what I have become
for that alone I continue
in pain,
in despair
crying silent invisible tears
hoping, praying
my travesty of a life
can save someone else
from the suffering I live in daily
without end.]]> <![CDATA[No story attachment]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1670 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:34:51 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1670
This is the closest I have been to getting somewhere. I sat up late last night editing the first part. I had to pull back when I ran into the swamp of memory lane as it became too triggering. But by going back and editing before finishing makes it much less of a task at the end.

I have a friend who works at a couple of universities and knows have of my province of birth. He and his wife were in school with me and are also in my book.

It feels good. It feels scary. It feels like throwing my computer out the window but I have a new one waiting for me in the store anyway.

I highly recommend this process, even in short form for people who feel stuck and need a fresh perspective on the past. In writing it I was able to see and feel things that anger blocked out. The best part was finding some good, normal kid times and being able to write about them. Singing Christmas carols with my siblings around the old tree when we were little. Things siblings did for me. Seeing another side of the mother that I forgot existed. I have come a long way in doing this. I do hope to publish and have to figure that part out but one thing at a time.

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This is the closest I have been to getting somewhere. I sat up late last night editing the first part. I had to pull back when I ran into the swamp of memory lane as it became too triggering. But by going back and editing before finishing makes it much less of a task at the end.

I have a friend who works at a couple of universities and knows have of my province of birth. He and his wife were in school with me and are also in my book.

It feels good. It feels scary. It feels like throwing my computer out the window but I have a new one waiting for me in the store anyway.

I highly recommend this process, even in short form for people who feel stuck and need a fresh perspective on the past. In writing it I was able to see and feel things that anger blocked out. The best part was finding some good, normal kid times and being able to write about them. Singing Christmas carols with my siblings around the old tree when we were little. Things siblings did for me. Seeing another side of the mother that I forgot existed. I have come a long way in doing this. I do hope to publish and have to figure that part out but one thing at a time.

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walkway.jpg (Size: 140.45 KB / Downloads: 18) ]]> <![CDATA[poem I wrote:]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1617 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:43:48 -0800 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1617 *
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Entering the dark forest
Seeing only shadows
And haunting silhouettes
Heart pounding

I'm being drawn in
I can't resist
Compelled to follow
I have to go in

The darkness is violent
The wind fierce
A storm raging
Hostile all around

Each step is getting harder
Pushing against this storm
No clear direction
Lost in this hurricane

Clinging to nothing
Hope elusive
No escape
Life is leaving

Screams for help
Drowned by the wind
No one can hear me
Silenced by the storm

I crawl on the forest floor
Clawing at the dirt
Trapped in violence
Raining down on me

I'm exhausted
Bloody an bruised
Beaten by this force
Hidden in darkness

Still the storm rages
How can I survive
Getting harder to breathe
My voice gone

Bury me here
Beneath violent shadows
Darkness covers me
Like a cold blanket

Do you see
Do you hear
Feel my touch
Know my pain

I felt myself floating
Like I was getting lighter
As though hovering
Above the forest floor

I was being carried
By someone strong
Who heard my cries
Above the storm

Being rescued
From this awful place
Resting quietly
In his embrace

I saw you
I heard you
I felt you
I know your pain

I was sent to you
In your time of need
To rescue you
I'm the open door]]> *
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Entering the dark forest
Seeing only shadows
And haunting silhouettes
Heart pounding

I'm being drawn in
I can't resist
Compelled to follow
I have to go in

The darkness is violent
The wind fierce
A storm raging
Hostile all around

Each step is getting harder
Pushing against this storm
No clear direction
Lost in this hurricane

Clinging to nothing
Hope elusive
No escape
Life is leaving

Screams for help
Drowned by the wind
No one can hear me
Silenced by the storm

I crawl on the forest floor
Clawing at the dirt
Trapped in violence
Raining down on me

I'm exhausted
Bloody an bruised
Beaten by this force
Hidden in darkness

Still the storm rages
How can I survive
Getting harder to breathe
My voice gone

Bury me here
Beneath violent shadows
Darkness covers me
Like a cold blanket

Do you see
Do you hear
Feel my touch
Know my pain

I felt myself floating
Like I was getting lighter
As though hovering
Above the forest floor

I was being carried
By someone strong
Who heard my cries
Above the storm

Being rescued
From this awful place
Resting quietly
In his embrace

I saw you
I heard you
I felt you
I know your pain

I was sent to you
In your time of need
To rescue you
I'm the open door]]> <![CDATA[poem: void of you]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1522 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:41:54 -0800 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1522 *
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My life is void of you
I never think of you
Or wonder where you are
Nor care what you're doing

My life is void of you
I never want to see you again
Nor hear your voice
Nor feel your touch

My life is void of you
To never see my kids
Or know of me
Nor share my life

My life is void of you
No holidays spent
Nor celebrations too
I'm done with you

My life is void of you
free from your abuse
Or the rights you think you have
No longer your obsession

My life is void of you
No longer your possession
I am free of you
Free to be me.]]> *
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My life is void of you
I never think of you
Or wonder where you are
Nor care what you're doing

My life is void of you
I never want to see you again
Nor hear your voice
Nor feel your touch

My life is void of you
To never see my kids
Or know of me
Nor share my life

My life is void of you
No holidays spent
Nor celebrations too
I'm done with you

My life is void of you
free from your abuse
Or the rights you think you have
No longer your obsession

My life is void of you
No longer your possession
I am free of you
Free to be me.]]> <![CDATA[trying my hand]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1454 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:44:40 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1454
vines
struggles, controls
pulling, twisting, suffocating
hiding your beauty from the world
darkness

here's another one....

multiple
many, countless
interacting, sharing, switching
all of us together
identity]]>
vines
struggles, controls
pulling, twisting, suffocating
hiding your beauty from the world
darkness

here's another one....

multiple
many, countless
interacting, sharing, switching
all of us together
identity]]> <![CDATA[poem]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1391 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:10:30 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=1391 fearful,dreadful
alarming,stressing, fretting
trepidation in my mind
hystera]]> fearful,dreadful
alarming,stressing, fretting
trepidation in my mind
hystera]]> <![CDATA[Re-starting book discussion here]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=993 Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:46:17 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=993
Some people could talk about effects on present day life. How fear keeps us from connecting with others and how many of us are single and alone for that reason. Others could talk integrating or not integrating depending on what they have done and whether it matters to them or is a goal.

We could also have a bibliography at the end for people using the book as a helper. People could name books that they used like Getting through the Day. They do not all have to be DID books.

Random thoughts.

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Some people could talk about effects on present day life. How fear keeps us from connecting with others and how many of us are single and alone for that reason. Others could talk integrating or not integrating depending on what they have done and whether it matters to them or is a goal.

We could also have a bibliography at the end for people using the book as a helper. People could name books that they used like Getting through the Day. They do not all have to be DID books.

Random thoughts.

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books choose author.jpg (Size: 36.39 KB / Downloads: 45) ]]> <![CDATA[To Sarah With Blue]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=982 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:49:06 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=982
You have been reminded by community members at least three times that it is against the guidelines of Mosaic Minds to attack anyone personally, including members of your own system. We understand that at times there will be conflict within systems. However, Mosaic Minds is not a place to air such conflicts through verbal attacks or insults.

Any future posts that call people names will be pulled, and if admins have to pull more than three such posts, your entire system will be asked not to post at Mosaic Minds for a period of two weeks.

Any questions about this policy should be directed to the admins via email through the 'Contact Us' link on the main forum page.

Thank you,

MM admin team]]>
You have been reminded by community members at least three times that it is against the guidelines of Mosaic Minds to attack anyone personally, including members of your own system. We understand that at times there will be conflict within systems. However, Mosaic Minds is not a place to air such conflicts through verbal attacks or insults.

Any future posts that call people names will be pulled, and if admins have to pull more than three such posts, your entire system will be asked not to post at Mosaic Minds for a period of two weeks.

Any questions about this policy should be directed to the admins via email through the 'Contact Us' link on the main forum page.

Thank you,

MM admin team]]> <![CDATA[Blue, Who?]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=980 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 11:23:59 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=980 Who who who?
You think you're so great,
And that I hate.
You think you're someone
When really you're no-one
Blue Blue Blue
Who who who?

By Sarah]]> Who who who?
You think you're so great,
And that I hate.
You think you're someone
When really you're no-one
Blue Blue Blue
Who who who?

By Sarah]]> <![CDATA[Tick-tock]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=818 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:19:03 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=818 My friend wants me to be a clock
As long as the outside keeps perfect time
He can go on pretending that the inside is fine.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
To outsiders I always am a clock
I show them only perfect time
So they won't know that the inside isn't fine.

My friend wants to be an outsider
After being invited in
For me this means a terrible hurt
And I'll never trust him again.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.]]> My friend wants me to be a clock
As long as the outside keeps perfect time
He can go on pretending that the inside is fine.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock
To outsiders I always am a clock
I show them only perfect time
So they won't know that the inside isn't fine.

My friend wants to be an outsider
After being invited in
For me this means a terrible hurt
And I'll never trust him again.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.]]> <![CDATA[writing projects]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=620 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:00:11 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=620
The second project is our fifth NaNoWriMo participation. We're going to finish the third book in our series, possibly finish a short story, and if we get that much done start the fourth book in our series. We're really looking forward to NaNo, it has become really important to Raye to participate and we always make sure to give her time if we aren't feeling bad. Hopefully we'll do a little better this year since we didn't spend the summer being sick.

We've also got various bits and pieces as well as character outlines and all kinds of information for several stories. We keep anything we've written with the intention to become a full-fledged story. It might be years before we get back to some things, but we keep it all anyway.

How do people come up with the ideas and characters behind their writing projects? I write mostly fiction, some of it fantasy. Some of my ideas are based on things that have happened to us in our life, some of them are based on us wondering "what if this happened?" and some are based on a character we haven't seen in anything we've read that we'd like to see get "air time".

Would love to hear thoughts on other people's projects and how they came up with a story concept or a character.

realms people (mostly the writers)]]>
The second project is our fifth NaNoWriMo participation. We're going to finish the third book in our series, possibly finish a short story, and if we get that much done start the fourth book in our series. We're really looking forward to NaNo, it has become really important to Raye to participate and we always make sure to give her time if we aren't feeling bad. Hopefully we'll do a little better this year since we didn't spend the summer being sick.

We've also got various bits and pieces as well as character outlines and all kinds of information for several stories. We keep anything we've written with the intention to become a full-fledged story. It might be years before we get back to some things, but we keep it all anyway.

How do people come up with the ideas and characters behind their writing projects? I write mostly fiction, some of it fantasy. Some of my ideas are based on things that have happened to us in our life, some of them are based on us wondering "what if this happened?" and some are based on a character we haven't seen in anything we've read that we'd like to see get "air time".

Would love to hear thoughts on other people's projects and how they came up with a story concept or a character.

realms people (mostly the writers)]]> <![CDATA[motivation]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=559 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:19:53 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=559
Anyone have this problem or know of any ways to get past the lethargy?

realms people for the writers]]>
Anyone have this problem or know of any ways to get past the lethargy?

realms people for the writers]]> <![CDATA[venting]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=514 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:13:45 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=514 Is fueled by all the things that you did to me
It rages out of control
Giving me the energy to keep living this miserable existence
The tears that fall
Onto this burning inferno
Causes the smoke to rise burning my eyes causing even more tears to fall
It hurts to touch
The heat that hits my face scalds me even as the water pours out of my eyes
Like the bubbling water pouring out of tap
Enraged….. full of so much hatred
It hurts to breathe
It is suffocating
Being filled with so much evil, hatred, rage
You did this to me and I will hate you forever
THE END]]> Is fueled by all the things that you did to me
It rages out of control
Giving me the energy to keep living this miserable existence
The tears that fall
Onto this burning inferno
Causes the smoke to rise burning my eyes causing even more tears to fall
It hurts to touch
The heat that hits my face scalds me even as the water pours out of my eyes
Like the bubbling water pouring out of tap
Enraged….. full of so much hatred
It hurts to breathe
It is suffocating
Being filled with so much evil, hatred, rage
You did this to me and I will hate you forever
THE END]]> <![CDATA[Group effort poem? Add the next line!]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=361 Tue, 29 May 2012 17:56:19 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=361 <![CDATA[Creativity Corner Rules]]> https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=299 Sun, 20 May 2012 20:00:39 -0700 https://www.mosaicminds.org/forums/showthread.php?tid=299
Both heavy and light content may be found here. Graphic material is allowed on Creativity Corner. Writing and pictures that are truly general (for example, support shown with a field of flowers) may be placed inside of posts anywhere on the site. If the poster chooses, they may also be put on Creativity Corner.

The Creative Writing forum is a place for personal stories, poems, and word art that you wish to share.

The Visual Arts forum is designed for expressive images. Examples of this would include but not be limited to content about the past, ourselves, our hard feelings, or our healing. ALL potentially disturbing images belong on the Visual Arts forum. Also, please be aware that images have the capacity for high impact and can be disturbing. Images are harder to prepare for and steel oneself against. There is a different impact in "picture pictures" than in "word pictures."

Inside children of all ages are welcome to post here. Please be sure to take appropriate safety precautions as determined within your system.

When posting, please keep the following in mind:

By posting violent material on either forum, whether directed at self or others, we agree we will NOT act on it.

Do not place any triggering material in the subject line.

Rate the post according to the content. In particular, please be certain to mark posts containing references to ritual abuse as such.

Spoiling of individual words is an individual's choice; an auto spoiler replaces the vowels of certain words with an asterisk so that we do not appear in certain search engines or filtering software.

Do not name perpetrators or use images that can identify people or locations.

While visual images are part of the Visual Arts Forum, p*rn*graphic images are not allowed.

It is each system's responsibility to ensure their own safety on these forums. The material posted here has the potential to be extremely triggering. Therefore, everyone participates here at his or her own risk. Blaming others for triggering us is not permitted on this or any other MM forum.]]>
Both heavy and light content may be found here. Graphic material is allowed on Creativity Corner. Writing and pictures that are truly general (for example, support shown with a field of flowers) may be placed inside of posts anywhere on the site. If the poster chooses, they may also be put on Creativity Corner.

The Creative Writing forum is a place for personal stories, poems, and word art that you wish to share.

The Visual Arts forum is designed for expressive images. Examples of this would include but not be limited to content about the past, ourselves, our hard feelings, or our healing. ALL potentially disturbing images belong on the Visual Arts forum. Also, please be aware that images have the capacity for high impact and can be disturbing. Images are harder to prepare for and steel oneself against. There is a different impact in "picture pictures" than in "word pictures."

Inside children of all ages are welcome to post here. Please be sure to take appropriate safety precautions as determined within your system.

When posting, please keep the following in mind:

By posting violent material on either forum, whether directed at self or others, we agree we will NOT act on it.

Do not place any triggering material in the subject line.

Rate the post according to the content. In particular, please be certain to mark posts containing references to ritual abuse as such.

Spoiling of individual words is an individual's choice; an auto spoiler replaces the vowels of certain words with an asterisk so that we do not appear in certain search engines or filtering software.

Do not name perpetrators or use images that can identify people or locations.

While visual images are part of the Visual Arts Forum, p*rn*graphic images are not allowed.

It is each system's responsibility to ensure their own safety on these forums. The material posted here has the potential to be extremely triggering. Therefore, everyone participates here at his or her own risk. Blaming others for triggering us is not permitted on this or any other MM forum.]]>