Another layer of self comes with time
I feel it slide over my skull
The layer glides down my neck, past my waist
My new layer of self joins the rest at my ankles
These layers come with no forewarning
They either slow my stride or spring my step
Some layers propel me to the stratosphere
Other layers drag me down to the depths
These layers of self are who I am
They come with time, they follow each event
I get no say, my consent is forfeit
I am a human borne of self-slices
A spectacle to pity and behold in awe
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021 at 5:56 PM UTC
Every table turns, every turn twists
the truths began to shatter
truths on which I would subsist
The truths I knew changed like the tide,
weighing down heavily in my gut,
they lie inside, mummified
Now I live, free as the flock
I swing through the stars, honor my scars
learning about myself and taking stock
Apr 19, 2021
Apr 19, 2021 at 6:30 PM UTC
You come with doubt
with a knack for disparaging
You come with ego
with a conviction of having seen it all
You come to the foot of the solar system
with your cosmic disregard for virtue
You leave as you should
with a singed tongue
with eyes dripping ashes
Mar 26, 2021
Mar 26, 2021 at 6:30 PM UTC
There are no victors, no spoils to spare
The impasse has been reached
Zero-sum-gain is the name of the game
Keep the moody themes on repeat
Let your feelings fall flat
while trying to be discreet
still saying "no surrender, no retreat"
Slither to your desk
Seep those feelings off your chest
sleep flows like sap
sanguine notions stir even slower
Oct 20, 2020
Oct 20, 2020 at 11:30 PM UTC
Here's to the man in the mirror
the ascending sun
not some saint of sinners
Here's to a higher route
with its timely turns
and harvests wrought from drought
Here's to the ones who scorn
their hearts yet lined with lead
their purloined peace, I mourn
Here's to the blessed and grace-filled
who have left their radiant marks upon me
and fields of hope still to be tilled
Jul 17, 2020
Jul 17, 2020 at 6:49 PM UTC
In haunting form and dignified stance,
Dancing Rose waltzes beneath black and blue
crimson bleeding into the aether
She breathes the night's stillness
while energizing its tempo
for it is time to shed the heaviness
The weight of the world upon her petals
the streams of water dripping down her stem
these things shall be laid to rest, put to bed
With the floaty fragrance of home
and thorns to ***** any naysayer
our flower stays strong for the journey ahead
From the moon to the stars
Dancing Rose will spread her lovely songs
let us praise her in both name and deed
for she has bloomed past the sorrow
no longer a timid seed
Apr 18, 2020
Apr 18, 2020 at 5:53 PM UTC
There I saw it, past the skyline
the things yet to come
how they beckoned in the light
beacons calling me forth
With hell nipping at my heels
and a heavy heart to boot
scars both fresh and new
telling the tale of what I have been through
From simple paradoxes
to crystal clear complications
uncertainty is all I know for sure
the one fact that remains true
So I will not aim for sunny days
nothing is promised nor owed
I shall keep the hopes under lock and key
and tread on, as I always have
Come what may
Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020 at 7:09 PM UTC
You cannot take the light from the sun
nor the thunder from the storm
A hurricane’s might dare not be tamed
so the dancing kites it animates remain free
You cannot steal the truth from my lips
or the revelations from my eyes
A tsunami’s waves swallow all opposition
so that the sands below may slowly fall back to place
A thousand cuts could not bleed my heart
for it shines and beats in tune with the infinite
It sways to melodious tunes of righteousness
and rises above the hateful's attempts to drown it
Mar 3, 2020
Mar 3, 2020 at 2:34 PM UTC
Universal Acceptance over Tolerance
because one champions all paths
and the other only keeps distinctions between them
Universal Acceptance over Tolerance
because one seeks truth in every teaching
and the other simply looks instead of seeing
Universal Acceptance over Tolerance
because to accept means embracing beauty in any form
and to tolerate means keeping this beauty at arm's length
Feb 9, 2020
Feb 9, 2020 at 5:12 PM UTC
Confront Insecurity
He is misguided, and he should be unravelled
Hear Trauma
She has stifled her voice, but she must be listened to
Embrace Willpower
They will take you firmly in hand, so you can journey ahead
Dec 14, 2019
Dec 14, 2019 at 4:52 PM UTC