This is a series of digital paintings and drawings I created to release the taboo, guilt and shame I felt about sex. TRIGGER WARNING! Explicit art. ~Piper About the Creator
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This is a series of digital paintings and drawings I created to release the taboo, guilt and shame I felt about sex. TRIGGER WARNING! Explicit art. ~Piper About the Creator
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time, there was a little girl. She isn’t a princess, but she would often pretend that she is. Prancing around her tower in her dresses and plastic heels with big pink jewelry decorating her arms and neck. Little did she know, she was about to become a real princess. In other stories, […]
Continue ReadingOneI remember writing late at night Scared of sleeping, etching another“It’ll be okay” onto a blank pageAnother heartfelt “We’ll get through this.”While starting at my own hands, disconnected“What does breathing feel like?” Unaware of the own rise and fall of my chest“What does a bed feel like?”Because right now I feel as if I’m floating “Who am I?”Because […]
Continue ReadingThis poem was an assignment that I received during a meditation in my Lightbearer’s Garden healing & alchemy community. It doesn’t look like much, but it was a poignant experience, reminding me that things are not always as they appear. Sometimes something extraordinary can be found in the most unlikely place.
Continue ReadingHold Me SafeIn my arms, I let her settle,Felt her heart, so small, so tired.Every breath she took, she sank into my soul,Her turmoil swirled within, a storm untamed. “What do you need?” I asked, as she held me tight,“Love, safety, to be held,” she whispered, soft and light,“Please hold me. Don’t leave me,” her voice, […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Author:Hopefully you enjoy this piece. I wrote this back in 2020 and published it on WCA Amino. His pretty eyes as green as mineYet cold eyes have never shinedAnd his… his were like a blizzardHis actions were so horribly bitterYet seemed so incredibly sweetSo much so that I was easily deceived He held […]
Continue ReadingThis is painted on copies of a page from my journal – seeing him again after 40 years brought back a lot of ugly details about what happened.
Continue ReadingWith so many thoughts running through my mind I’m a bit lost a bit confused a bit pained a bit sad for life gives you many challenges you fight battles no one knows about as hidden truth behind closed doors that really can take a toll on you and just as at the edge of losing all hope I take a glimpse up in the sky
Continue ReadingIn the depths of the soul, where shadows dance,
Echoes of pain and whispers of chance.
There lies a journey, both dark and bright,
Where healing blooms from the depths of night.
Through winding paths of sorrow and strife,
Emerges the essence, the essence of life.
In the silence, where whispers reside,
Compassion grows, a gentle
This poem is from March 2024. I was attending a leaders retreat in Florida for the leadership of Husband Material (faith-based ministry to help men dealing with porn addiction and other sexual brokenness issues), men I all love and trust. However, I got severely triggered on the final evening at dinner. I ended up writing […]
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