What you don’t see I’m afraid. I’m afraid of people. Terrified by the way they besiege me, Extending forward their lively limbs Fingers moulding contours, I cannot understand Because my mind is entirely focused On the walls of this room- The way they’re shutting upon me like a catacomb This coffin is too small, too [...]
My name is Mike Acceptance Chin I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada for many years I felt sad and lonely. I didn't know what it was I thought is could have been many things. I was born with a learning disability I learn slower then others. I work hard but it has been difficult for [...]
Hunger: A Poem in Two Parts Part One: Far Too Long She was gone too long, my daughter. Wrapped in Calvin Kleins that showed how flat her stomach really was. I watched her eat all the fettuccine, even slurping the noodles, nodding approval at me, letting me know I could cook this supper one more [...]
Ceremony It began with miniature bruises, really. An index finger pressed hard onto the septum of the nose. Determined pressure to rid the face of one bony protrusion. Counting to one hundred ten times. A perverted rosary prayer nightly without benefit of bead or crucifix before disappearing into sleep. Cuts followed later. Innocuous little incisions, [...]
I am not a pretty girl I am a spiritual girl One that loves god And one who can feel the earth move But not one who believes in churches I am a caring girl One that loves being held And can stand on her own But not one who will be taken for granted [...]
Re(member) Dad? By Patrick J. Derilus remember that time, when we lived in West Haverstraw, that time i was about a teenage boy in middle school, and my mom was outside doing something, you came out of the shower, humming some kind of a moribund song. i walked out of my room, and you snatched [...]
How Much More How much hatred is in my heart that I’m ripping my body to shreds? How much pain do I think I deserve that I revel in the stinging nettles blooming on my arms? How much time goes and time goes as I stare into the air, eyes glazed with fog, hands carved [...]
Sometimes, I want to hide behind a rock. A rock with moss; That sprouts from my tears, Kept upon the sand Of things that I lost. Hidden in a labyrinth Of missed chances. The rock will be my home, Until I am ready to come out To the world where you Have to wipe your [...]
Bipolar Tide My mind moves like the ocean, coming and going with the moon. The tide rolls in—mania, I am at the top of the world. There’s nothing I can do, mental waves crashing down. Vision distorted by emotion, can’t trust my brain anyhow. The tide rolls out-depression, I am the lowest of the lows. [...]
The Art of Losing Your Mind © 2015 Walk in the silent darkness Where internal voices encapsulate and surround us Where lives fragment, shapes waver, and worlds fall away We go to a place where others cant follow... When you lose your mind - where is it to be found? When life has been dismantled, [...]
