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Songwriting

coping mechanism

by system 2/15/2021

written by system

one of my biggest coping mechanisms is songwriting, so I thought I might share something I’m working on. it can be read like poetry I guess, it communicates a lot of the feelings I have about my recent abuser. even though its in present tense, the song is referring to past events. im no longer in contact with my abuser and am on complete social lockdown.

verse a
euphoria
it’s so possesing
can’t stop myself
from obsessing
you hold me close
just to bruise me
why is your love
so confusing

pre-chorus
i’m supposed to feel safe here
but everything’s so cold
you get me so high […]

2/15/2021 4 comments

Bullying: You’re a Queer, a Sissy…..Words that hurt

by theprickofthepen 9/13/2013

written by theprickofthepen

YOU’RE a QUEER, a SISSY, GAY, a FAGOT; little words that do enormous damage to any person, but especially children, may be long forgotten by those who say them, but never erased from the memory of those who endure.

Unless he was in front of an audience, Jimbeau Hinson, Jimbeauhinson.com writer of Setting Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys) Tonight I’m Looking for a Party Crowd, (David Lee Murphy) and other hits, was always a shy, quiet child.

“I always felt different from everyone else at the time, but I’ve come to realize I was […]

9/13/2013 1 comment

Why do we all assume…?

by TheSadSwede 9/25/2012

written by TheSadSwede

Hi, folks. ChildOfRagnarok is back again, so those of you who wondered whether I was still alive can breathe a sigh of relief (or put away your party poppers) now.

I don’t have much to share in terms of my life. I’m studying music production at a university, my songwriting has hit a lull, I’m still single (ladies), I have sleeping problems like you wouldn’t believe and my depression is returning to me. Nothing suicidal, just the usual death wish. Not much to talk about.Â Anyhow, I’m here to rant a bit since everybody loves it when I do that (ladies).

I’ve talked before about how I can’t […]

9/25/2012 2 comments