Pain Series: The Past

If you’re in my past and I’ve not included you.

Stay there.

I’ve moved on.

I’ve flown away.

Undiluted in the skies above.

You’ll taste me when it rains across the lands where you reside.

I’ll forget your purpose in my life over time.

The Pain Series by Dame Unique

Welcome to mid-October!

Over several days I’ll be sharing creative pieces from The Pain Series.

After preparing a post for World Mental Health Day and abandoning it, then preparing a new one. I thought about the times I’ve felt pain in my life and how I’ve dealt with that emotion.

During my time reflecting this weekend, I felt inspired to produce a mini-series on pain. It’s an emotion in life that we are all destined to experience. I can’t tell you how many times, as it will differ for each of us. However, I felt compelled to put PAIN into words and creatively articulate this emotion.

No one in our entire universe is absolved from pain. It forms a vital part of our lives and shapes our behaviour from that moment forward.

To me, pain is painful and sometimes that pain becomes a burden that overstays, long after its point has been made. Some moments in my life came unexpected and it’s true, I’ve cried a hundred times over, to no avail.

This October, I share the pain born from life itself.

Dame Unique

Word: Crimson

adjective: crimson

of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple.”she blushed crimson with embarrassment”

CROW: Bring Home the Bacon

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Word: Manipulate

verb

1. handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.”he manipulated the dials of the set”

Pissed

I pissed on your driveway.

I posted on the gram.

I saw your post.

I stole Ben from you.

Ben came willingly.

He said, ‘I hate him too Unique,’ and shared your secrets creatively.

We plotted against you.

We dreamt of vengeance.

We counted your networth.

We sold it with ease.

33%

Ben and I are best friends.

Last Sunday, we pissed on your driveway.

VOICE: What I Want

ASMR: Womb Talk

Word: Hermenutics

nounnoun: hermeneutics

the branch of knowledge that deals with interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts.

Word: Methodological

adjective adjective: methodological

relating to the system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity.”a wide variety of methodological approaches to ethical problem-solving”

Word: Epoch

nounplural noun: epochs

a particular period of time in history or a person’s life.”the Victorian epoch”

Word: Antecedent

nounplural noun: antecedents

1. a thing that existed before or logically precedes another.”some antecedents to the African novel might exist in Africa’s oral traditions”

Word: Philology

noun

the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.
- NORTH AMERICANliterary or classical scholarship.

Word: Tentative

adjective

not certain or fixed; provisional.”a tentative conclusion”

Remember

HANDS 🙌🏾

FACE 🤡

SPACE 👽

World Mental Health Day

Earlier this evening I had written a blog post that consisted of 1500 words. However, upon reflection, I’ve decided not to post it. This is out of respect for the memory of someone I once knew and held in high regard.

Some of you may know that in 2019 I went through a profound set of changes in my life. A few of which I have touched on lightly through conversations behind the protection of…

During the months of emotional pain that was inflicted on my existence, I felt as though I could not confide in anyone. It has taken months of work to acknowledge what happened, accept that it has happened and to move forward. That this person is no longer in my life and I admit, I have grieved the absence of our connection. However, in some ways, I’ve learned to identify other elements in my life that today I embrace.

If you or anyone you know are going through a difficult time and aren’t sure what to do. Please speak with someone or get in touch with an organisation that specialises in Mental Health.

If you or someone else you know: