Autumn Meditations (3 poems)

The gentle azure grace of dusk's fleeting light

Voice (a poem)

Trailing colors The light dances Just out of reach

Conversations – 1:1 to 1:6 (an exploration of form)

1:1 “Why are you alone?” “They taught me I needed no one else.”

To 1-B (a poem about power)

The feeling is emboldening, Perhaps. It is as if . . .   I have been a Pawn My whole life. Crossing straight through a board Not a care in the mind, Marching along to the orders, A system designed To force my expiry, And all of those like me. By our own hands, No … Continue reading To 1-B (a poem about power)

Adults are all liars (a poem about growing up)

We heaped lies on lies to cover up lies, We lied because we wanted appeal. We had never even known anything else, We did it to make ourselves feel real.

Why is she beautiful? (a poem)

Her beauty laid in the grace with which she handled hearts, how she knew where the cracks of hurt were, without even asking.

“Sexism in the world of literature… what’s your story?” (an informal essay)

The publishing and media industries peddle to our sense of sympathy and morality in desperate attempts to not be absorbed by their competitors. They accomplish this by keeping company missions in line with the majority opinions on various social media platforms. Everything about our lives, down to our opinions, is actively being collected and sold by data harvesting corporations. Our way of thinking is up for sale.

Is this enough for you? (a poem)

The foundations to be shaken were already taken down By hands and unheard voices mistaken Of the downtrodden, low-down found out To be rotten, begotten of times and rhymes designed To ride the fine lines dividing divines

The Thorned Rings (a dream/cosmic horror poem)

As the vessel unfurled to a boundless womb, unspeakable darkness yawned out.

Traveler

I am fine . . . just a little lost, it seems. If you do not mind waiting on me, I will find my way back one day. Maybe we might laugh again, How foolish was our youth, How cruel children are, It really has been long. If you can wait for me, Just a … Continue reading Traveler