In Loving Kindness and Healing Wounds

I did it! I finally published some of my blog poems into a book!

I independently published In Loving Kindness and Healing Wounds on Amazon!

Please do check it out!

Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CM8QXN8?pf_rd_r=NFSWQB16X78MKM1QYXWZ&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee

Long Gone

You are long gone now.
I have traveled across the sea.
Your ship is gone.

Trust, Love, Blindness

In trust,
I gave.

I lost in your gain,
I was there, you were not.
I had faith,
You let me down.

In love,
I looked toward the stars.

I believed and I fell.
You fell and couldn't stay.
I didn't see the pain,
Though it was clear upon your face.

In blindness,
I looked away.

Clearly, I ignored,
As you did to me.
I'm left with the hurt,
And the regret I did not earn.

Pomegranate

Fruit of the Underworld.
Juicy arils burst at hand.
Save me from hunger.

Winter Running

Cool, windy winter,
Running with it at my back.
Trail beneath my feet/

Hurt and Rage

Fiery, red heart.
Ablaze and unquenchable.
Forgotten never.

Fallen

You caught me falling.
I was in love with you then.
You let me fall down.

Where is my Head?

My head is nowhere.
Where could it have gone off too?
The sky or the earth?

Avarice

Greedy people here,
Laying in their filthy ways.
Trust never again.

Unrequited II

He walks gently.
I yearned for him still.
He will never know.

Body Dysmorphia

Mirror distortion.
I refuse to believe that.
That isn't me now.

Glows

Hidden in the woods,
Eyes shining rather brightly.
Angry snarling.

Let Her Walk in Struts

She glides down the street,
Heels clacking on pavement.
Attitude drawn into pouty lips.
The people move, to clear her way.

She pounds the pavement beneath her,
It is beneath her.
Crimson lips and piercing hazels,
She doesn't care what you have.

She ignores the whistles and hoots.
She doesn't care.
She acts uptown in downtown.
She continues her fiery walk, strut and all to work.

Déjà Vu Dépression

It comes creeping in.
That . . . feeling.
A feeling I am most familiar with.
It's something I have not felt in some time.

A darkness most unfriendly.
A type of dark that casts its ugly shadow on me.
It wants to take over,
No . . . it can't.

Gleams of hope keep it just behind me.
Keep it by me.
Keep it away from me.
Drive it away . . .

Hope drives it away.
But it seems to creep, lurk.
Never gone.
Never far . . .

Broken Soul

I stand before you.
I was a whole man, you know.
My soul in pieces.

Le Chien

I chased after you,
Your tail wagging the entire time.
You wanted me to run after you.
Catch you way down the road.

Ears flopping,
Sprinting as I sprint to you.
You never tired,
Not even for a second.

You were scared when I caught up to you.
You had nothing to fear.
Your tail still wagging.
You listened and we kept on going.

Her Voice is Gone

Your voice was larger than life.
You inspired many a person.
Your voice forever gone now.

Bruits

Too much, overwhelmed.
Loudness overtakes me now.
All in my head, yes.

Bigger Lies

I fell for the lies.
I fell for every word you told me.
I trusted and hung on.
You slipped through the cracks.

I found your snake.
I cut the head off.
But it turned out to be a Hydra.
Your lies coming to life before me.

I couldn't handle so much at once.
I had to say goodbye.
You left me no choice,
So I left you in the dirt.

Agoraphobia

I put the outside world away from my mind.
Can I handle it today?
Will I runaway again like I did the day before?
I am destined to hide from the people.

Why not overcome the fear?
I can't possibly do it.
My fear of the outside.
The fear of letting people in.

I take one faithless step out the door.
The neighbor is out!
I try to sneak past before the hello comes.
They see me and wave.

I retreat back to my safe place.
Afraid to step out again.
My hunger will have to wait . . .
One day more.

I hide back into the very corner of my bedroom.
Window boarded up, no light, just dark.
I rock back and forth.
Unable to seek the help I truly need.