depression

Lexapro

I’m rattled on the inside Like the brain concussing against the steel wall of my unbreakable skull The dusk gleams off my helmet as I ride onward Famine– But that’s okay I’ve come to expect this sort of treatment Starved for meaning and The Word Like dopamine on loan With interest payments– Put what remainsContinue reading “Lexapro”

Creator Journals 4/28/25

I’ll be real, I’d rather be playing video games right now. It’s a beautiful day out. It’s a perfect day to play video games and stare out the window at the sun-soaked apartment complex. That’s one of my struggles as a writer. It isn’t so much that I’m lazy and like to put things off,Continue reading “Creator Journals 4/28/25”

WD 218 “Hypothetical Numbers”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Hypothetical Numbers Settle your debts Before they break you Come to terms with your debtors In this life before the next You were like a candle never lit Left out on an open window Suffusing the house with cold wind There’s nothing to see No placeContinue reading “WD 218 “Hypothetical Numbers””

WD 213 “Mermaid Blues”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Mermaid Blues It’s just me aboard this canoe Naked bleached under the sun On a seaward journey without drinking water But if there was a way to filter all the salt of these wounds From that crystal spring that spews from the godly abyss I wouldContinue reading “WD 213 “Mermaid Blues””

WD 212 “All There Is”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. All There Is Bring me another vision Something translucent to place like a filter over my eyes While I watch TV Looped animation, your days and hours like a pixelated GIF French fries dipped in wine Until you tell me the world is what we makeContinue reading “WD 212 “All There Is””

WD 168 “Breathing Exit”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Breathing Exit Simple thoughts Fly into my mind like they are Drawn to rotten meat When we exit this space what becomes of the cosmic symmetry? The cracked surface between mirror and air And can we begin to manifest An exile into being -All night IContinue reading “WD 168 “Breathing Exit””

WD 161 “Wake”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Wake Betrayed in secrecy Sanctioned by secretions of sleeping poison in my morning coffee I log in to the regular reincarnation cycle Birth, labor, waiting, rest, and sleep But the sleep is only mental The automaton continues to strive Severed from consideration While God in hisContinue reading “WD 161 “Wake””

WD 154 “Frozen Flowers II”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Frozen Flowers II I came to know A deep sense of longing The sensations of a stray walking the cold sidewalk Hunting for food But there was never any lack of resource No locked up larter Simply a mind that could not fathom Generosity of beingContinue reading “WD 154 “Frozen Flowers II””

WD 153 “Frozen Flowers”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Frozen Flowers Cold comfort between friends Lemon Wedges in each drink I pantomime a story of distress, a secret set of bones buried in a cave But you can’t find it in yourself, or in the tundra around you I poke around, trying to stimulate theContinue reading “WD 153 “Frozen Flowers””

WD 135 “Isolation”

A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Isolation The big picture has no character A floral pastiche of Places without people, objective facts Liberated accents of muted color, range and flow But look upon the hand that paints it and you’ll see Deep scars Sorrowfully twisted fingers, bled to dryness like winter birches Continue reading “WD 135 “Isolation””