Taking a break from social media. I've been thinking about it for a long time and finally decided it was the right thing to do. I've taken small breaks here and there over the years but had convinced myself that I NEEDED it to further my writing career and stay up to date with friends … Continue reading Social Media Break
Category: MENTAL HEALTH
Get Some Rest
Hands raised,No fight left in this particular battle,Because you hide beneath the surface.I’ve dulled knives digging,Skinning myself like a rabbit,Only to find flesh sensitive to wind and touch,Still, you rear your vile head, Poisoning me and others.I shun, I beg, I curse and rip your rotten roots but it’s too lateand back you go into … Continue reading Get Some Rest
Get In Get Out
I sharpened them just for you,Cat clawing from the barrel only to reach the impenetrable layer. Back to the bottom,Hollow and damp, Harvest light cracking through the seams and I can smell and feel the other side despite being contained. I shaped the wind,Wrapping it tightly around my oppressor,I shook the earth with might,I shattered … Continue reading Get In Get Out
Stay Still, Don’t Spill
Stay still, don’t spill,How many hours of different ceilings I’ve stared I couldn’t say,Body straight, you travel,burning, reminding. Don’t be upset,Don’t get anxious,Because like an ear to train tracks,It listens, It scouts, they vibrate.Like a conductor in symphony,It points, it waves, they play. My bittersweet reminders,How many must I have?Through pain and challenged vanity,I SLOW,I … Continue reading Stay Still, Don’t Spill
The American McHealing Journey
A competition, A time frame,An end. “Heal, motherfucker!” A strong arm,An ultimatum,An empty pocket. “I’m healed!” A right of passage,An ego,An expert. “Step right up! I’ll be your shaman for $1000.”
Probity
I see you,Your probity beaming bright on my lack thereof.Slapping the lies I’ve ingested and built as my own.I’ve temporarily pleased off the pain of others,Only to be left starving and lone.Don’t be distracted by those who mistake your presence for impairment,Because we need you and I see you.And although at my most weak moments … Continue reading Probity
Traitor
We sat across each other admiring our mirrored features,I always knew you were in there.She winked.Perhaps why we'd never bore,Too many thoughts and conversations to be had,But to see you here on the outside of my thoughts while simultaneously still on the inside,Something different.I waved my arms overhead,And you crossed yours,“I’m not a fucking puppet.”I … Continue reading Traitor
Please Stay
Light peeking through the curtains, I smile with a sigh of relief.Today, I can see you,I even went to the roof to admire your rise.Making up for all the days your presence fails to penetrate my pit,Not today, I can see you sun,I mean really see you.Please, please stay.
Time, Who Needs It?
I thought I was waiting,I thought I was late,Merely because my thoughts were wrapped in time, in a state.Only to unveil that everything I am is punctual,Is exactly where I'm supposed to be.And this time, time, time,That we continue to weaponize against ourselves,Is the exactly what has halted us from the present,From the growth,From the … Continue reading Time, Who Needs It?
CONVERSATIONS WITH ASSHOLES 