personal
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Bygones Burn
Grin and bear it, grin and bear it then into a mirror I stop and stare at it And wonder if the face I see bears my resemblance candidly I study long the one stood there eyes stinging red the more I stare But nothing ‘cept a guise to see Show me the truth, I beg, I plead Show me…
beauty, god, insecurity, mental-health, mermaid, nautical, pain, perception, personal, poetry, power, prose, reflection, sailing, sea, ship, siren, spotlight, stage fright, truth, ugly, writing
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The Epilogue of the Kid
At the sweetest age I found myself at an impasse that would inevitably curate my life’s permanent path. Reckless abandon met with a crippling curiosity and above all, a desire to feel level. To feel at ease. I couldn’t help myself; the looming illness and words like daggers from my father’s mouth: I was a…
Her Candid Altar 