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K J McCarthy Jan 1
Second guessed texts
Dancing dot anticipation
Pausing then proceeds
Indecisive ellipsis...
An indication of deleted words
There is no going back
Once this draft is sent
Serious conversations make me anxious
How will I be received?
Do you even care?
Is it even worth the time?
Will this just make me look stupid?
Trying to find the perfect sentence
I need to clear the air
Uncomfortable silence
This must be addressed
I just can't go on
With this weight on my chest
I need to be heard
This needs to be said
I look away and hit send
A second seems like decades
As my concerns sit on read
Millions of possible responses
Play out in my head
Torturous unspoken words
Id rather have the sting of closure
Tell me you're done
That I ruined everything
You want nothing to do with me
I could live with that
I would accept that
Over no response at all
But the point is well received
You made things quietly clear
I'm not worth your energy
So I'll just disappear
K J McCarthy Jan 1
Movie role personalities
Authentically fake
I yearn to see behind the curtain of your charade
You're a character in a cast of self loathing, enslaved by internalized hate
Your mask worn, tightly secure
Hiding your sad eyes, overflowing with pain
Out of focus and opaque
You ignore, praying that it goes away
Pretending it has no effect
Till the hurt almost fades
Numb and alienating, kicking and screaming to escape
Telling me I will never understand
Then you push me away when I try to relate
Sharing similar experiences is seen as competition
You think I'm trying to minimize
Like I'm saying your life wasn't as hard as mine
Putting us at odds when I just want you to see that I see you
Understood and accepted
Judgement has no place here
But you can't seem to get it
Overstimulated by constant emotions
Bombarded until comfort is discovered in disarray
Chaos becomes normalcy
Peace is a stranger, serenity is mistaken for the enemy
You thrive in disorder and sabotage yourself
A rabid animal lashing out at help
Violently defending, evading my every attempt to break inside your shell
The embers of betrayal devastated your trust
The flames crackle and swell
Each breath labored
Saturated lungs blankened with every inhale
Alone and secluded, perfectly safe in delusion
Hypnotized by your own lies
Leaping desperation, crashing into impulsive conclusions
Penny thoughts and insufficient hopes
Ropes snap like broken promises
Held by a thread compromised by the weight locked away in your head
Dropping into the boggy water of the minds polluted well
Subconscious tongues conjure demons that utter generational spells
Far from the victim, you're the creator of this tormenting disposition
Your minds a purgatory, some kind of hell
Reminiscent of cold cement walls, steel slab sleep, confined in a cell
You let these devils in
With cunning wit, calculated and persuasive
A weakened mentality happily consenting, they sink their claws into your soul
Completing the bond of parasitic possession
The circulation of elations pulse is faint
Happiness flatlines into permanent stasis
All traces of joy evacuates your veins
Just a remnant of who you once were
An empty host ****** dry by lament
Too far gone, forever lost in the wilderness of obsession
Infatuated with your own suffering and depression
K J McCarthy Dec 2024
You dont know loneliness
Until you've felt alone in the presence of someone you used to love
So close but you're out of my reach
This silent environment
Thick with quiet resentment
Nothing left to say
Only dead attempts to reason
Our dry eyes are indifferent
The lack of reaction is now common ground
Not like the tear soaked cheeks we once wore on the regular
Emotionless, hoping to go unnoticed
I try to stay motionless
Fragile egg shells shatter under the pressure of even the most cautious step
All efforts to remain undetected are futile
Against your shining spot light that illuminates my every mistake
Teetering on a tight rope
I stumble as every move made is met with criticism
This bond we once had
Turned into a rotten and bitter rivalry
Exhausted and mentally battered
Frequent arguments created this distance
I almost miss the passion of our bickering
Now it doesnt exist at all
Atleast we used to fight
Now we barely talk
K J McCarthy Dec 2024
Setbacks fuel the joy of accomplishment
Without effort and sacrifice
Gratitude couldn't exist
If life only provided wins
They would be taken for granted
In the absence of losses
Our growth depends on the balance of duality
Character is developed in adversity
Put the pieces of both sides together
To have a glimpse into the bigger picture
The warmth of light depends on the emptiness of the void
Darkness provides a space for rays to dance with illumination
All thoughts, emotions and experiences
supply us with essential lessons
Where wisdom and understanding
Can blossom into our becoming whole
K J McCarthy Dec 2024
It is the heart in me that longs for your touch
as the night sky for the days warmth to scatter its emptiness
But it is the mind in me that tells me to keep away
As the rodent to the snakes bite
We mingle as questions and answers
The sight of you could fulfill the day
Grass whips your ankles like your sweet words running through the fields of my mind
Your hypnotic voice effortlessly grabs my attention
In your eyes I see my reflection
Appreciating the choices I made that led me to you
K J McCarthy Dec 2024
Hesitation made me miss
Opportunities turned into a wish
That I made the effort to be in your midst
I took the present for granted
Now Im haunted by my inaction when I reminisce
Plans pushed off and dismissed
Because I never considered a world in which you didn't exist
Denying delays processing, the news didn't stick
It took a few weeks before the reality hit
My numb stone face fortress diminished to piles of brick
Exposed and vulnerable
I've experienced death but none ever hurt like this
Life is fleeting, death is patient and waiting
Mortal shells fickle, their hold on our spirits strained with the days
The future perpetual in its becoming the past
Our lingering end appears random and quick
Indescriminate is the embrace of demise
Inevitable is its kiss
The debt of borrowed breath will one day seek repayment
Take time today, or spend tomorrow longing and aching
Don't waste life in fear, but never forget
You dont have forever, don't waste it wasting time
All we have is today, tomorrow never comes.
K J McCarthy Dec 2024
Infinite consciousness
The very source responsible for constructing everything that is
And so we came to be
In all of us is a piece of this divine energy
We are a direct expression of God
Each of us is a Universe of our own
As above so below
Tiny pixels configured into fractal patterns
Universal law applies to the largest galaxy the same way it does the smallest cell
The brains neuronal network is identical to that of the cosmic web
Could the Universe just be one giant brain?
Clusters of galaxies billions of light years across like brain cells creating synaptic connections
What if we are Gods and our minds are Universes too
Our imagination is manifesting consciousness forming stars and planetary ecosystems
The big bang could have been the birth of the God whos consciousness we reside in
Its mind exploding with activity as life electrified the body
I don't think we happened by accident
I believe the whole purpose of the Universe is to cultivate life and its probably filled with it
We refer to life as creation, and everything was created somehow
But why does anyone create?
For passion, expression, anything we make is art.
Whats left is a piece of the artists heart and soul.
What the creator produces is a direct rendition and interpretation of themselves
Trillions of planets evolve slowly with patience and precision
Without haste, this perfect reality is accomplished
Trees give off the oxygen we breath, and we exhale carbon dioxide for them in return
Perfect harmony
Some form of intelligence has to be responsible for this
This Macrocosm is too immaculate to have occurred by mistake.
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