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Notes from the Abyss
It's been said that poetry is a history of the human soul.
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Now Here Man
(A Response to “Nowhere Man”) Nowhere Man, no point of view, Knows not where he’s going to, Isn’t he a bit like you and me? Now Here Man...


Adagio for Pain
(Played to Samuel Barber’s adagio for strings) It enters without notice, like twilight stretching Across sunny fields, turning laughter...


The Symphony
(Played to Mozarts’s requiem) My heart is a symphony— a conductor of chaos, my veins bellow a thrum of sorrow, while my arteries swell...


The Sound of Silence
Hello silence, my old friend, I’ve come to feel your grace again. Beneath the stillness where the spirit waits, A sacred truth...


(Extra)Ordinary
I wanted my life to be a never-ending series of highs— success after success, a bottomless sundae, each with a red cherry on top....


Sophisticated hate
If you hate the ones who hate, what does that make you? Hatred, dressed in virtue, still poisons the blood it runs through. Does...


Invisible Weight
I have a confession to make— I’m overweight. Not from carbs or sweets or steak, but from something heavier, an unseen load that seems to...


The Guardian
A boy without sin, alongside his best friend— each needing nothing, yet everything flows between them. No expectation, no debt. Only the...


Checkmate
Protecting my queen, I build my walls, my towers tall, my knights poised to strike— all for the vain, illusory tale that my preferences...


Dead space
A stroll among the stillness, leaves crunching beneath my sole. Dead silence all around me, neatly resting in a row. A memento for the...


Waiting
All my childhood, I couldn’t wait to grow up To have freedom of choice and the money to afford it So I drudged through school, gritting...


Substance
When I was a kid, I needed no booze, No uppers or downers, no reds and no blues Neither LSD or ecstasy to make my day Not even weed to...


The Fire Within
The wind howls fierce; the match sputters, frail, Its trembling light caught in the gale. Incense lies dormant, bound and mute, Awaiting...


Hesitation
A hand reaches up, bearing a cup Asking for any spare change. I pass on right by, wondering why Keeping goodwill in a cage. Why are they...


(In) Sanity
People thought I was crazy, they called me insane When I said “no thank you” to their corporate game I thought it’d be fun to climb up...


How to fit in
You’re going to be who I want you to be. Here’s the mold, jump right in, don’t let the world see Who you really are, the truth is too...


Please “Like” This
In an age where posting is all the rage, Updates reign supreme and everyone acts like they’re living the dream. What does it do, what...


Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones were right, satisfaction’s a lie, But oh do I try, and I try, and I try. Spent my whole life trying and what did I...


Superman
Why do superheroes amaze us, Because they do what we can’t? Save the world when all’s hopeless, While the crowds stand and chant. They...


Sensitivity
To be sensitive to life is an act most courageous, If you can do it, someday it’ll be contagious. While it may sound simple, only the...
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