Nicki Bratton

Tag: trauma recovery

  • Music Monday: Analysis of Psycho Path

    Some songs aren’t meant to be gentle.Some songs exist to look you dead in the eye and refuse to apologize. Before we get into it, here’s how this post works. These lyrics are read without context—no backstory, no personal history, no explanation of who or what inspired them. Just the song as it exists on…

  • 🕯️ The Ghost of Jamie

    Playground Beginnings We met on our elementary school playground. I was sitting alone on a bench during recess—probably pretending not to care. Her best friend wasn’t at school that day, so she walked over and asked, “Wanna swing with me?” That was it. No dramatic music. No movie moment. Just two girls on the swings.…