You said I was easy But you took me for granted A whisper lost in the loud darkness A quilted shroud you chose to become No more tears from my eyes For a flame who snuffed herself out You’ve got some fall in you left Another tear to carry you West Into your canyon of […]

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It’s a slow drag back to HavenThe light burns so heavyHeavy as the tar of the ravenThe despair aching the levee Heart pushing the wall of the dam The porch portrays the chillShivers the bones like candy glassThe liter an added tip to the billSubtracted from my star’s mass Brain bursting the seam of the […]

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Burning alive or Burning to light I’m burning alright A million flames With no source A billion blames No recourse A trillion shames With no remorse Snakes and dragons collect Digits of loss To replicate binary No 1s, all 0s Far from the primary Yet all inside Shedded skins Yet still the poison Not away […]

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How could I see tomorrow? How could I know the past? Who am I if not capped? What am I without sorrow? Where am I if not stuck? When will I get it together? Why can’t I just remember? Where is my new luck? Exhausted without cause Exhausted by the nervous whys Locked in revolving […]

Read More Who What When Where Why How — How?

All ends well All sorted out But now all well out of sorts I try to rest this weary soul Battered by my own fearful steps Walked into the Halls of vampires Rising out of darkness toward Her light Seeking unconditional love within and without A passing phase without unknowing ears Can’t help others when […]

Read More Shuck Away These Draining Cords

Death when righteous is a thread Weaving itself through the fabric of life Balancing the Love With the comedic, Often unreliable Fear R you Death Or R you a Life

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I. Frame them higher From the enchantment of Our chosen lows There is something true They’re someone more Their bruises not new Archaics unraveling Forgotten “unknowns” To frighten the chains If “She” is They If “He” is She “Then who am I?” Why can’t We just be We? Abandoned curiosity As we hunt in screens […]

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I need someone I need something To get me through the rain Heart restarting But on fire And I alone can’t hold on A weakness to let down The fans who amassed Can’t cool down my soul Guilt making the flames heavier Your Love is not enough Because I can’t feel the waves Of what […]

Read More Seasons Of The Mole

I ruminate on the past because I am afraid of something negative that happened to me or that I did will happen again. So I ruminate on the future to try to find ways to plan to keep that from happening again. All the while I’ve been missing out on the present, in which I […]

Read More Fear Lets Go

Stay reliable Limit your libel To remain pliable For our dying avoidance moods Then Move into better rooms Haven stained walls Clarity sage Good stench Hoods to cover Lighter rains Fishing poles for the fun Of subtle boredom delayed The doubled up Padded cell illusions Of our ever arcade Interdependency Independence Prevails

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