The Quill of Samantha Grace Newcastle

Writings that cover real people, real situations, real emotions and raw truth. Not limited to one subject or area.

  • easily astray

    I sit on the bed old memories playing like kids at recess yet, they are threadbare and unraveling, past voices and scenes of… More.

  • like a tree planted by the water

    my dance is not over just on pause daily my gravity pulls my world from beneath my feet as my heart races to… More.

  • take the shot

    One day, you’ll take a photo that becomes the last photo vou ever take with someone.It won’t feel like a last.It won’t be… More.

  • what am I

    what am I, why do I hold love with nowhere to go In a landscape stripped bare,roots claw at the earth; Here, it… More.

  • Non existent

    “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” (Hebrews 8:12)Due to the… More.

  • eye glasses

    Taking a normal pair of eyeglasses out of their case, putting them back in, then even slowly pulling them out; it’s much like… More.

  • what she sees

    I want to be known,not just seen, I desire to peel away the layers that guard my heart I want to be wanted,to… More.

  • Ήταν αληθινό

    the life clock ticks moment by moment an agonizing reminder of loss; faith slipping through my fingers like dust washed from gold by… More.

  • it is very real

    Below are common C-PTSD markers, especially as they appear after long-term narcissistic or relational abuse. 1. Emotional DysregulationDifficulty returning to baseline after stress.Sudden… More.

  • ROI

    In the sanctuary’s stillness hymns flow gracefully ,each note a question:what does it mean to believe when the heart is a closed door,… More.

  • automotive

    What is your all time favorite automobile? 1976 Buick Riviera, 455, silver, quarter vinyl top red, and red interior More.

  • no tomorrow

    once again the kettle whistles, once a loud demand, now only a dull complaint; which is all that fills this hollow space as… More.

  • Attending my funeral

    My tears fall like a dropped coin,tinkling, and twirling to rest; a reminder of absence,the sounds of what was, and what will never… More.

  • 23 December 2025

    In the busyness of a winter morning where the breath of pregnancy hangs  in the air; two souls plus one find their selves… More.

  • judge

    Are you a good judge of character? yes due to hyper empathy and affective empathy. it’s weirdly and tiringly correct 98% of the… More.

  • because He lives

    I do not fear any door closing, nor the weight of absence that settles over empty fields as sunflowers bow alive in stillness… More.

  • the essence of growing up

    Inside my rib cage lies a grave marked with 6 names and on the ground surrounding it are the remnants of a boy… More.

  • observe never absorb

    I sit with affective empathy in my office and cradle my coffee while lost in a mosaic of fractured reflections from the storm… More.

  • My hero drives a wheelchair

    Because Jesus thought so much of you,to place you in my way,I found redemption, and as I sit with my butter pecan coffee… More.

  • Tempest resistant

    In the quiet of the hospital room,you lay , a mosaic of strength,31 needles laid out like a soldier’s salute,each one a story… More.

  • Impact of life

    Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. Jesus Christ He died for the Sin of the world, He looked ahead in… More.

  • terminal myoclonus

    Christmas is upon me yet again:ten years have passed,the calendars pages turn month by month ,but I remain as a mere “X”  with… More.

  • moratorium Schrödinger

    Today is another day where I am Schrödinger’s cat sitting in the box along with uncertainty, which stems from the weight of possibility… More.

  • Christmas: more than you see

    In the colored lights glowing in December,the the scent of pine in wreaths and trees here I sit sifting through boxes of memories… More.