The Sick Red Carnation: Favorites

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation

Kurt Philip Behm

Ignored
by my children
Especially
my daughter
Taken
for granted
Taking
up space

Living
unnoticed
My pain
front and center
Checking
off boxes
That never
erase

Knowing
she loves me
More
now than ever
My face
a reminder
Of greatness
long past

My voice
the last vestige
Of songs
sung together
A melody
silenced
When first
—became last

(The New Room: January, 2024)

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation

..leaving..

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation

sonja benskin mesher

..leaving..

when she heard that i had been drilling fitfully,
she asked why but i could not explain really. so
i added the stop.

it seems that some like sticks, while others do
not.

there are a few of us, one of us is leaving.

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation

Mirror Twenty four

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation

Edmund black

Mirror Twenty four

The year has faded
But you are still my favorite
memory, I swear

#note to self, # self care # self love , # selfishness # self first

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation

alive

Jan 2024 The Sick Red Carnation