I hear a little voiceit yellsit needs more I hear another little voicethat one needs something elseI turn around do several spinsgrabbing this then grabbing that and I sit searching legal jargon that mostly contradicts on how to self publish then my mind drifts and I readthis is bestand that is hazardous and I thenContinue reading “As I try to balance.”
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Trapped within internalization.
She took three spinsand her brain blurred internally she turned as outside of her maintained its broken statureon the third spin her brain regained focus and took her over telling her a storyand she tried to regain herselfher focus on the external world laughing with each picture she had internalized no her brain wasn’t feedingContinue reading “Trapped within internalization.”
The ones that destroy peace.
Smallest thoughts can provoke mefilling me of frustrations that come out in dirty wordsand hateful insults to cut up my opponents am I the victor? Nothey look beaten and humanity swarms to them ready to pounce on me and I think what about themwhat about how they speak what about the filters they keep? NobodyContinue reading “The ones that destroy peace.”
We both hit death.
I take several rightsgo rightgo rightalright I’ll go right. From the other direction they take several leftsgo leftgo leftok they say “I’ll do it don’t fret.” Eventually our roads stop I went rightrightright.They went leftleftleft.Both our roads they stoppedand I think was I doing it right? My niceto them it was rudetheir niceto me itContinue reading “We both hit death.”
Their choices are to grow or to die together.
Their choices are to growor to die together. They choose to growas they get angryamongst each other. They choose to hate parts to tolerate partsand to love parts. They choose to bickerto debateand at times they agree. And when they stopthe muck drags them down. And they dietogetherbecause they can no longer live united. TonightContinue reading “Their choices are to grow or to die together.”
The boards up on the windows.
The sirens stoppedand the silence churned a deeper fear within her.It was quiet.The boards up on the windows and she thought do I take them down,is it worth the risk to know the truth? Arms gripped upon her waist,“it’s best to wait,” he said. “In here it is us,out there is another boarded up homeContinue reading “The boards up on the windows.”
Life is a victim of uncertainty.
Searching for normalcyas life is a victim of uncertainty.Underestimating our own realitiesas the structure bleeds. With each applausedeeper they slip their claws. Trying to unmask the face involved in each case. If the universe had a face,would it resemble that of the human race?Is it energy that is sacred,exposed, and naked?No flesh to restrain it,andContinue reading “Life is a victim of uncertainty.”
A hazard to itself.
Organisms dieand life it keeps trying sparking new out of old rewriting genetic codes forgetting pieces adding in new derivatives continuing to existas one species goes extinct another evolves changing thriving rearranging codes lost in the sequence more appear over time changes alterations new formulas outliving a single creator becoming larger life stays in controlContinue reading “A hazard to itself.”
The shadowy figure in the corner.
In the morgue it was cold her finger tips felt numb and the smell of formaldehydehad invaded her nostrilsrather than stop she worked through the night as she had on the nights that had come before. Tonight the cold had begun to slow herforcing the blood to thicken inside herand in this spot she workedthereContinue reading “The shadowy figure in the corner.”
Exhaustion fuses the states together.
I feel tiredI’m awakeas parts of me are still fighting for sleep a tiredness sets in and I must be awakeand not sleepand stay awake and not sleep as my body craves sleep I must be awake clicking keys I fall asleepam I awakeam I asleepexhaustion fuses the states together and when I’m asleep I’mContinue reading “Exhaustion fuses the states together.”
Temperamentally Tina 