DEPRESSION Draining thoughts Entangling my mind Productive energy swept away Radically unmotivated Embarrassed to ask for help – I am told to Suck it up, grow up Silence Incredibly Overpowering Nudging me to disconnect, disassociate from the world

I am not dainty I spend 5 minutes a month Doing what I call my makeup And my dresses don’t fit So I mostly wear jeans and shit   I bite my nails to the nub And I’m always burning my tongue On words I’m…

These are not riddles, these are not rhymes. They are far from fiction they are damn near crime. Being put into a position to display hate; not really my cup of tea. It’s certainly not my fate and definitely not my dream. To be used…

                                         No quiet no peace                            Just squawks and squalls and agony No hush…

I’m a speck on the floor trampled by almost all. I’m a ding in a car door waiting to be buffed out. I’m nobody, nothing viable, no value, no meaning. Just a modern day slave and flunky. Just a means to an end for some…

Spam and Mac I don’t eat much from childhood Not that I don’t like it – The food that is I just can usually eat better. There is however a staple From my 16th year Which reminds me to stay grateful For the job that…

Draining of life Encompassed in an unseen weight Pretending it’s okay Regretting Emotionally exhausted Sorrow hanging like a cloud Should I just Ignore it Or Not?

When I rise from the ashes just a box of matches With flames on my lashes Thingsll be better no more scars no more gashes Flying along while somebody bashes Everything I’ve said Everything I’ve done But I’ve won Haven’t I? That’s just it They’re…

ALONE The word I thought  I never dreaded hearing  Alone. Alone. Alone. As no one simply heard me Or believe my story The look on their faces  The whispers behind my back The stopping of talk  When I entered the room The nonchalant use of…

  Misgiving Emotions are fleeting, but leave shadows in their wake. They follow stalk-eyed, peering through magnified lenses–watching as you undress. the folds of clothing fall in crumpled heaps and the voices slither from them, drumming the ear like fingers on a table. waiting patiently…