Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Jessica's Journal
    Jessica's Journal
    Jessica's Journal
    Ebook74 pages17 minutes

    Jessica's Journal

    By Kathryn Perez

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    While Jessica endured the torment of bullying and the painful isolation of depression, she used self-harm as a form of control in her very out-of-control world. But that wasn’t her only form of release. Her journal was another form of escape, the one place she could always be herself.

    While reading Jessica’s poetry you can follow her journey down the path of pain, sadness, love, loss, THERAPY, and, ultimately, healing.

    *This is a book of poetry, not a novel, and includes THERAPY Extras. Readers of the novel THERAPY are sure to love this companion.
    *BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDES: A collection of favorite THERAPY quotes and an excerpt from THERAPY Ever After, the continuation of Jessica's story that will release later in 2014.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKathryn Perez
    Release dateApr 3, 2014
    ISBN9781497400092
    Jessica's Journal
    Author

    Kathryn Perez

    Kathryn lives with her husband and two children in her hometown in East Texas. She's a self-proclaimed book junkie and music infused writer.

    Read more from Kathryn Perez

    Related to Jessica's Journal

    Related ebooks

    Psychology For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Malorum Sanatio

      May 10, 2017

      Malorum Sanatio
      7 min read

    • Article

      Love Letters

      Mar 7, 2022

      MY BELOVED ANGEL, I am nearly mad about you, as much as one can be mad: I cannot bring together two ideas that you do not interpose yourself between them. I can no longer think of nothing but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you.

      5 min read

    • Article

      Artefacts

      Nov 4, 2021

      Artefacts
      2 min read

    • Article

      Sylvie Baumgartel

      Jun 15, 2018

      I walked in the door, took off my coat, took off my sunglasses, set them down with my keys, took off my shoes and socks, my jeans, my shirt, my bra and underwear, set them all on the chair by the door, walked into the house naked, went to the fridge,

      10 min read

    • Article

      Five Poems

      Mar 4, 2019

      for William Gifford, 1928–2015 The river. Always the same, never the same.Poughkeepsie. A place north of where I am.To remember you is to remember Poughkeepsie.To remember Poughkeepsie is to remember the river.I am downriver now & you are a memoryI

      3 min read

    • Article

      Four Poems

      Nov 1, 2022

      Day after Thanksgiving. I give thanks for Eveto beat the rush of appreciating hernext year and let her sleep inuntil three hundred o’clock.Thank you light on the mountainfor being my star on cloudy nights.Thank you all the guns I’ve never ownedand ki

      6 min read

    • Article

      Poetry Rx: You All Have Lied

      May 17, 2018

      Poetry Rx: You All Have Lied
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Inner Chamber

      Feb 2, 2023

      The Inner Chamber
      6 min read

    • Article

      Terra Relicta

      May 7, 2020

      Terra Relicta
      2 min read

    • Article

      Poetry Rx: This Is the Year

      Jan 3, 2019

      Poetry Rx: This Is the Year
      7 min read

    • Article

      Five Poems

      Nov 1, 2020

      He kept me through childhood.There was a reasonhe kept me from sin like a biscuitwarming in the oven.It’s okay I tell the rain to keep him a theorybut bring him downonce in a while.It’s okay to be honest or selfishbut find the spot where you sinka li

      2 min read

    • Article

      Five Poems

      Nov 1, 2022

      Animals that moveon small, short legs. Sand that sucks inanything / anyone. Something seenthrough a torn screen I hadn’t expected it. We all havethese genesthese sequencesof numbers I don’t knowhow they arewhat they are. This is youevery dayright now

      2 min read

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Sep 1, 2019

      before I was one I heard every soundas a sound that had never been heard,before I was one I saw every lightas a light separate from dark, colorhidden in a place I had not been.Before I was one I used feet to wakenin water, to pedal through air,hands

      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Jessica's Journal

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Jessica's Journal - Kathryn Perez

      title page.jpg

      * * * *

      Jessica’s Journal

      Copyright © 2014 by Kathryn Perez

      All rights reserved.

      Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products, bands, and/or restaurants referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

      To my snowflakes.

      Drowning in my thoughts

      I wear a mask

      I’m a façade

      I’m okay, I’m strong

      Masquerading lies

      Beyond the layers

      Behind the walls

      Beneath the chains

      There’s a broken child

      Fighting a battle

      A daily war

      Confusion and pain

      Playing tug-o-war

      Love, hate

      Yes, no

      I really never know

      Watching life go by

      An outsider

      Absence of self

      Screaming in silence

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1