Mental Health Monday – 11.20.23

#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Positive affirmations. What does it mean to you to get positive reinforcement? What motivates you? What makes you feel good when you find yourself trending down into a negative space? I have always been stubborn. I try, and I fail, but I don't generally give up. It's not always a good thing, but as … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 11.20.23

Mental Health Monday – 09.18.23

#mentalhealthmonday #mentalhealthawareness You should be embarrassed.You should be uncomfortable.You should be painfully aware of all of your inadequacies and shortcomings, and they should torment you when you see them. They should make you angry.They should make you want to be better.They should make you want to work harder to be the person that you are … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 09.18.23

Mental Health Monday – 01.30.23

#mentalhealthmonday#mentalhealthawareness Home with the flu today. Nothing exotic, just an old-fashioned influenza virus. Feeling run down and generally like shit, but a unique opportunity presents itself; the chance to slow down. While my immune system gets a workout, and I do my best to get rest, vitamins, and plenty of fluids, I won't stop moving … Continue reading Mental Health Monday – 01.30.23

Café Rédemption

There were never many times where I got it right; just a few short moments and the words always seem to fail on my tongue, or on my fingertips.   Today, I sit in a squalid, messy café, crumbling sugar into my tea and sweating out another prayer to a silent and irreconcilable God.   … Continue reading Café Rédemption

Little Mother

Hello, can you help me to grow? Out of the grave, out of sorrow? Little Mother - Light shines always, interred inside you - like a life raise me from the earth - your heart of rebirth.   Draw me from my shroud and shadow, give me the love I'm too sick to show. Little … Continue reading Little Mother

Visually Distorted

Vision - This uncompromising stare, lays me bare - layer by layer. No cover - No other No faking it. True one and to you the ultimate. Feed off the mistakes of our loved ones. Consume - Regurgitate and hope you don't choke on it.   Exposed - Naked as a newborn I grow - … Continue reading Visually Distorted

Reborn

Honed like a straight razor on a stone, I'm forged in the fire of life alone. Reborn. From the chemical comfort of this womb I'm torn.   Thrust into life - cold as black ice, just as big a hazard as I can devise. All the shit I've had to deal with, don't matter how … Continue reading Reborn