Past the Prison Gates
One, two, gasping for air each count Three, four, losing my strength Five seconds more in this quicksand Devoured in earthly pain, After years of wandering, on my own I was a free man, all alone; In my wilderness, there was nothing to hurt me But the harsh nature of my own mind. It was […]
Flight or Freeze
I’ve felt it, that cold-hearted monster lurking within When it once took over, as selfish and capable I now stand between man and machine To keep or replace my heart with an engine? To pump metal limbs to work tirelessly Discard the recesses of human weakness In a steady road to earthly immortality I am […]
Trigger
It’s ironic how it’s easier to speak When everyone’s screaming out loud Through the TVs, the radios, the air And the vibrations cut through the fibers of the flesh Perhaps it’s like a reflex, before being hit by a car My adrenaline rushes as I evade, a second nature From near-death situations, over and over […]
Neglected Shadows
“Carve me melancholy,” the tree stump muttered In her dying breath When I walked past by Under the fleeting rays of sun Narrating his diary His secret regrets His parting desires But they speak a dead language As dead as my footsteps slowing down Words completely at the mercy Of the passage of my time […]
Quote of the Day
“Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.” – Dr. Roopleen
Flight of the Phoenix
As I speak, I glide the stairs To floors below, no silence as I gasp for air, amidst the mist and rain and snow, I’m crying while Within this spire of caged remorse You’re grinning like a doll as You held between your palms you called A gift for me to feed my soul. A […]
That Somebody
Somebody will find you Sitting by the window, Pen at hand, Writing your secrets; Tears in your cheeks, Falling like the raindrops Etching the blur In the glass beside you, Showing glimpses Of the storm outside: Trees screaming for help, Restless winds howling, Knocking at the window, Begging you to let them in, Envious of […]
Smother
In this monochrome house We played cards and Lego Building ourselves with the hardness They shaped her head But there is reality beyond Larger than her black-and-white paradise And when it took me by the hand I grasped it seeing beauty I’m not letting go But neither is she In this tug-of-war, my arms are […]
Lacrimosa of the Morn
As I let my fingers play this keyboard in impromptu To hail the dawn of marching light In this misty balcony, I feel A musician of silence A release before a day of a soldier No stranger, labeled Put inside a steel cage A hamster in a wheel A cog in a machine, a string […]