POEMS & JOURNAL

Photo by Kat J on Unsplash I am lost in the depths of my breath as I close my eyes and begin to feel a chilling presence.Each breath, more relaxed than the last and I notice a familiar silhouette off in the distance. He appears to be lost, timid, and afraid as I can...

Photo by Rosie Fraser on Unsplash Walking down roads of darkness, carrying the heavy burdens of life upon your shoulders like a slave held hostage by his pain.There is a disconnect between what you are feeling and what you see and it becomes harder to take another...

Photo by Max Muselmann on Unsplash You are here again.I feel your presence like sharp blades cutting through an impenetrable force field as you crawl up my back and onto my shoulders to feed off my insecurities. You whisper into my ear, words capable of starting a...

Photo by Noah Silliman on Unsplash I feel you there, staring at me from a dark corner in the room. Your face ever so familiar, but I can't see you because I am blindfolded by my fear.I can hear your soft-spoken voice telling me to breathe deeply and you remind me that...

Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash You came again into the depths of my heart and soul again,That feeling of tightness as you suffocate those spaces in my body that are afraid to let go,I shouted at you with shame, judgment, guilt, and anger, but you...

NH Beach, 2020 Life, in retrospect, is a reflection of our choices to trust.Heartbreak, love, death, and anger are all choices offering us a connection to trust ourselves. Nothing is as ever as it seems, as we climb the metaphorical mountain of life. A series of peaks...