Comments on: I Knew I Had To Go Deep

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 18:14:26 +0000

Thank you so much, Carllynne. I’m so sorry for your own experience of “a blackness”–that wording is very powerful, and I’m honored by your kind words about this post, and your own strength to go through toward healing yourself. If it helps even one more person it’s all worth it. xo

By: Carollynne

Carollynne — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:41:20 +0000

This writing certainly speaks to me in a way that I have been trying so hard to do myself after similar episodes, in the military. You have described my descent into what I used to call a blackness. You are brave and courageous to write about your sexual trauma in a poem. That ultimately helped so many! Thank you

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:03:08 +0000

Dear Gena–thank you for your kind and thoughtful words here. I absolutely LOVE that you know “Diving into the Wreck”–it’s been a long time for me, too, but every now and then it resurfaces. I also love that you use the word “excavation” here.xoxo

By: Gena

Gena — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:17:47 +0000

Hi Maria,

I read this post last weekend, and I’ve been trying to formulate a comment or words that feel appropriate as a response to the profound excavation you’ve created here. I fear that if I keep waiting to have the “right” thing to say, I’ll wait too long, and I’ll miss an opportunity to thank you for the post while my appreciation and its emotional impact on me are still fresh.

So, I’m here to say how much I admire you for putting your truth into words; I cannot imagine how it felt to do so, but what you’ve given us is truly beautiful in its complexity, courage, and timeliness. Thank you, thank you. And thank you for encouraging me to revisit “Diving into the Wreck”—it had been a long time.

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 05:12:15 +0000

Thank you so much, Pam! I so appreciate your kind words here. Love back to you.

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:49:08 +0000

Maria, thank you for sharing your story. You seem to have such a strong sense of knowing what it is that you need to heal. Good for you, first of all for getting out of the relationship, and then for doing the therapy, the writing, the healing. And I completely agree with what you said in this sentence: ” I’m satisfied with the perfect knowing I have that I made it through, that healing is possible, and continual, and transitional, and a miracle, and a life’s work in progress.” Yes to all of that. Sending love.

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:53:50 +0000

Dear Tamara, I thank you for reading it. How beautiful and moving is your own example of how you stayed present. I am honored you share it here. Blessings back to you, my friend! xo

By: Tamara

Tamara — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:38:48 +0000

Dear friend, Maria. Thank you for this post.
Funny, in my own abusive past, I, too, would count the ordinary details to bring me back into my body before the fragmentation was permanent and irreversible. At times the only connection with the world I had was the feeling of the tip of my tongue on the back of my lower teeth. Even now,30+ years later, that small pressure assures me in difficult times. Bless you. Xoxo

By: Maria Theresa Maggi

Maria Theresa Maggi — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:38:20 +0000

Dear Veronica, thank you for your kind words here; they are deeply appreciated. I was especially moved to read how the words illuminated the art more deeply for you after reading. Sending you lots of love right back. xoxo

By: Veronica

Veronica — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:01:56 +0000

Maria, I’m so sorry you had to go through all that trauma. The metoo thing breaks my heart. So many women have gone through so much pain. My soul aches for all of us. I’m glad you found an outlet through your poetry, and a safe space to move on to and begin to mend. Thank you for sharing your story. You are a beautiful artist, writer, and poet. Your picture at the top has so much more meaning after reading this; it is a hopeful light in the deep dark. Sending you much love. xoxo