Mental Illness
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defying atrophy
look back at writings / thoughts of yore / and wonder where my / mind went.
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SoCW
So, it’s another day where my poetry fails to flow, but instead of retreating to the handy haiku, I’ve decided to free-write for half an hour and not allow myself any edits. I’ll even screen shot where it shows how many times I edit after saving my drafts just to prove it to myself and…
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Breathing; space.
Working through mental illness is not about being clever. ~ In fact, it’s the opposite of clever. Sometimes you have to stop thinking in order to ever think clearly again.
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publish or perish
there – my life in a nutshell.
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should be sleeping
though I really should be sleeping ~ leaking mind just keeps on seeping
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poison ivy
stepping in the poison ivy / i only felt the cool of green / it wasn’t ’til much later / that I felt its bite – so mean.
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mountaintop moments
from the foothills of the ~ or the deepest valley ~ the icy peaks seem… ~ romantic.
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wonderland
a nice place to visit…
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The Rainbow Sonnets – IV, V, & VI
Then Clarity arrived at once, so Fast / Paint with the Rainbow, Life will come at last.
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Flesh on Bone
Stones/Bones/Lifeless Zones
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gravity
physics’ laws apply / beyond the world / of weight and mass
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reaching
progeny / feeling the pressure
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guardrails
good drivers don’t need no stinkin’ guardrails…
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Sonnet III – What Was and Ne’er Will Be
the door before me bids me walk on through, but pieces – grief and anger – won’t allow.
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catching up
This is how It Is.
