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Cabin Fever
Cover Photo by ChatGPT
Written at 36,000 feet. No escape from myself.
In dreams they lay, awake
While thoughts pierced their soul
A thousand knives at once
Is all they are a veneer
Over anxious chasms
Bottomless, alluring
For in dreams they lie
Our greatest lies of all
Those tales of self …
The Room in the Elephant
Cover Photo by ChatGPT
Introduction
This is a reflection borne out of the lyric:
“The elephant in the room is that my room is in the elephant.”
from the song Heretic, by Ren:
The Room in the Elephant
The elephant is not in the room.
The room is ribs and breath and …
Shadowboxing
Shadowboxing
I fight with myself in the dark
Throwing punches at the shadows in my heart
I try to silence the voices in my head
That tell me I’m worthless, better off dead
But I’m not alone in this battle
There’s another voice that cuts through the shrapnel
It tells me …
After All You’ve Done
Cover Photo by Zac Durant on Unsplash
After All You’ve Done
People talk about parents
And it feels alien to me
To have lived in a world
Where everyone can seeA completely different person
Than they’ve ever been with me
To hold up on a pedestal
Someone who made me feel so smallThe twisted look …
You Did Your Best
Cover Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash
Introduction
This is the first poem I’ve written since high school and certainly the first I’ve published.
It was written to help me process my feelings towards my mother who at time of writing I’ve been No Contact with for 14 weeks …
