Tethered

If not for the tether

That roots me to this earth

I would drift away

Fly into the sky

And off to cold space

I can feel this sick lightness

Hidden within my gut

Selling to pull me up

Up and away

Sacred places

There are people who have sacred places

These places meant for certain faces

For soft and gentle wild embraces

Where there can be no other traces

These secret, hidden, and misty places

Fantasy realms made of dream

Destined to fade as time erases

And life outpaces

Even the fastest of the graces

Who seek to sustain the impossible

Against all that is plausible.

People are evil

This popped up on my news feed and I got sucked down this rabbit hole.

Former American Idol contestant talking about killing his partner to the woman he was cheating with.

He is on trial for the murder of his wife.

Holy hell what is wrong with people.

Salvation

“Don’t save me first,

Save them first”

These are the words

Cried out in the dark

Beneath the crushing

That speak of love

Through sacrifice

Words of fire

They burn away

All manner of pain

For the sake of other

May they glow forever

When are you most Unhappy

Interesting research here – https://economicsofpower.substack.com/p/economics-of-everyday-life-7

The Idea Well

antidepressant

there are feelings
they used to be your friend
but they are deeper than before
now you have to drill for them
now you have to inject steam
that they might be forced
forced to the surface
forced into the light
and you stand there
staring at them pooling
all red at your feet
while you’re
you’re wondering
wondering who is bleeding
while you turn pale
and fight to remain upright

deception

the men with grabbing hands,
who did what they wanted,
with no concern for you,
they would whisper in the dark:
just pretend like it didn’t happen,
you’ll be fine
we’ll be fine

as if there won’t be any scars;
there are always the scars,
just not on them…

immobilized

fear is the only thing
that stops the lurking shadow
and the eye in the scope
it is what they pray for
when they see me coming,
that i remain chained by it;
that fear would come
and gnaw out my guts
each and every dawning day

mourn

it has been said
we do not merely mourn
that which has been lost
but the future;
a future unrealized
like Eastwood said

“Its A Hell Of A Thing, Killing A Man.
You Take Away Everything He’s Got
And Everything He’s Ever Gonna Have.”

and make no mistake –
death’s a killer
it kills all that we love
and all we could love
for the sake of oblivion

the only thing that makes less sense
then the ending of a life
is it’s beginning.