#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 4

Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from part 3 Can You meet me in my room?A place where I feel safeWhere I don’t have to run awayWhere I can just be me. – TFK, In My Room I was like a kid on an adventure the first night in the new apartment. The second or third night, IContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 4”

#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 3

Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from Part 2 That’s why I hide here in the darkSo no one has to see my pain…But can You bring the keys to my heartAnd help me find the way? – TFK, In My Room My growing independence unsettled my parents. The fear crept in subtly. I buried myselfContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 3”

#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 2

Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from Part 1 They make me feel so empty Their words, they cut like knives You tell me to forgive them, But I’m not sure I’ll survive… – TFK, In My Room “The way you talk about English, you really don’t seem like a dentist to me. You talk aboutContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 2”

#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 1

Source: UnusualYoung.com, Tumblr. I’ve been trying to erase myselfBy trying to be someone elseThey say there’s no hope for meI guess this must be hell… – TFK, In My Room “I have to go, my dad’s calling me again.” I head for the door of the campus library. My friend rolls her wheelchair closer toContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 1”

God agrees with ME! | How we recreate God in our own image

Like ships in the nightYou keep passing me byWe’re just wasting timeTrying to prove who’s rightAnd if it all goes crashing into the seaIf it’s just you and meTrying to find the light.- Mat Kearney, Ships in the Night So much religious noise, all around me… “No, Eleanor, you have to receive the Holy GhostContinueContinue reading “God agrees with ME! | How we recreate God in our own image”