In the hush of dawn's first light,

When shadows fade and dreams take flight,

A whisper stirs the sleeping land,

Awakening by nature's hand.

The flowers yawn, the birds will sing,

As sunbeams dance on gentle spring,

With every breath, life starts anew,

A canvas bright with every hue.

So rise and greet the day ahead,

Let morning's promise be your thread,

For in the ...

whenever i wake up,

i feel really tired,

but that might be different,

if i was a normal person.

“the average person

take 15 minutes to fall asleep!”

well excuse me…

i take about four or more hours

and get five or less hours

of sleep.

but that’s just me

and my summer schedule....

my weary eyes are well acquainted

with one weathered,

and otherwise unremarkable

popcorn ceiling;

staring back, unyielding.

dimlit,

untouched by dawn, yet.

an AC unit trundles on,

ever so resilient,

and older than me.

seemingly,

making the walls hum,

as the ceiling stares.

drawing my gaze;

raptly.

how long, has it been?

since i first substituted

company;

for polystyrene

camaraderie?

sta...

Everything starts somewhere

The bloom of a flower has a start

Even a breath of fresh air

Even those who’re born smart

Maybe my start happened already

When I first opened my eyes

Or when my heart first went steady

Maybe my first lies

I know something is waking

I believe I’m growing wings

Wings that’ll take me away

I’ll finally be clipped of my strings

I won’t be known as a stray

...

It starts with a thought, a question we all ask.

Whats the meaning of this story? What’s the point of this trap?

The liminal fog we all walk in blocks the answer from our sights.

And the questions that we ask, make no sense in dawns first light.

we beg for answers, then reject what where told.

Heaven, Hell or the void alone.

We think in lines, when the truth is a sphere.

We scream “why?” But ...

I can now remember when

my heart began to love again

Like a garden, lush with flowers,

I recall those heavenly, joyful hours.

Yes, it was late that jeweled July

that we found love again, you and I.

Now together, at last we are one —

A greater union? There isn’t one!

But sadly it was not always this way.

We had to fight for this flourishing day.

We had to lie to find our final peace.

We had to...

As you disappeared

And fell out of my fingertips

I thought I broke

Turning to ash and nothing more

That I’d never get back to her

If only that girl knew

With the pigtail braids

And the bangs

That it was a phoenix

Rising through

That I was becoming someone even better and new

So then it became a whip

One that changed everything

It was time for me to change

I thought I was the villain

Or even ...

I woke up,

Nothing was wrong,

But nothing was right,

I couldn’t remember how to swear,

neither how to be polite,

Endless blurry memories buried in my mind,

I’m trying to figure out what’s inside,

It has been a long time,

Since I’ve felt alive.

Countless attempts to try and remember,

How things were last September,

We messed with the timeline,

Mistakes that changed us forever.

Ever since I’ve ope...

To begin to feel

To forget the past

To remember the dreary days before,

Don’t let it evade you

Let it take you.

Past and present

Like a river

Flow ever through you.

To forget the past

Is not to live

But to drink in the present

And drown.

Recall those days

And again you’ll find

Things can never be the same.

Because of the past

We are changed....

there is something about

the sun streaming in through the windows

the sounds of others in the other rooms

the softest whispers of “let’s get up now”

they don’t want me to rest anymore

and as expected I must

get up

Get up

GET UP

an awakening is a choice

to either

dread

or dream

or simply

exist...