Blooming In Adversity, Celebrating Survival

 From my collection of sketches named 

 "Blooming In Adversity, Celebrating Survival"

Linked to the poem, "I Have Survived That Sociopath "

I Have Survived That Sociopath

The sociopath being referenced here is the one found within families.

Related Poems:

Effaced By An Expert: https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2015/11/blog-post.html

The Sociopath In The Home: https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2016/11/blog-post_62.html 

The Culture Of Toxic Loyalty

 Choose to have standards. Do not turn a blind eye to abuse nor enable it, nor make it harder for the target of the abuse, all in the name of family loyalty.

Some Rhetorical Questions For The End Of The Year

 Some Rhetorical Questions For The End Of The Year

Fiction: A Figment Of My Imagination

Fiction: A Figment Of My Imagination

A Thought Provoking Poem

 A Thought Provoking Poem 

Effortlessly Framed

 For context, to be read along with this poem:

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/therell-be-no-descendants.html?m=1

This poem highlights the pathology of justifying one's own abhorrent behaviour, because one feels that one has divine backing to be misinformed and cruel.     

[It is futile to expect empathy from those whose idea of righteousness is re-victimizing the victim]

मेरे दिल में बसने वाले

 मेरे दिल में बसने वाले ...

Nobody Loves You As I Do

 

यह बरसो पहले की बात है

 यह बरसो पहले की बात है ...

Afloat

 

Sadness

 "The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart." ... St. Jerome

Mid July 2025 Verses

 Mid July 2025 Verses … 10 poems on a variety of topics ...

… on the blog jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com

1. That's Me Alright!

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/thats-me-alright.html

2. Fiction Or Not

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/fiction-or-not.html

3. Lil' Binks aka ZacharyFur

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/lil-binks-aka-zacharyfur.html

4. When Its Love

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/when-its-love-its-undefeated.html

5. Not In A Thousand Years

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/not-in-thousand-years.html

6. All We've Ever Been, Is Apart

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/all-weve-ever-been-is-apart.html

7. There'll Be No Descendants

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/therell-be-no-descendants.html

8. Feigned Magnanimity

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/feigned-magnamity.html

9. A Fairweather Association

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-fairweather-association.html

10. For The End Justifies The Means 

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/07/watch-this-space.html

That's Me Alright!

 That's Me Alright!

Fiction Or Not?

 Fiction Or Not?

Lil' Binks aka ZacharyFur

 Lil' Binks aka ZacharyFur

When Its Love ... It's Undefeated!

 When Its Love ... It's Undefeated!💖

Not In A Thousand Years.

 Not In A Thousand Years

All We've Ever Been, Is Apart

 All We've Ever Been, Is Apart!

There'll Be No Descendants!

For context, read the poem at the following link too:

https://jacquiesmusings.blogspot.com/2025/09/effortlessly-framed.html?m=1

There'll Be No Descendants!