My brain is drowning within this age of knowledgethe information is pulling itweighting it down it cannot come up it’s forgetting the automatic tasksbreathe it tells the lungsit had forgotten. Opinions are spitting aboutand the facts can’t counter enough blocking a few particlesas the others entermy brain is drowning within all the saliva flinging fromContinue reading “My brain is drowning.”
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Expectations
Expectations shorten usdisplaces our happiness and changes what we could be. Expectations how long to finish a task how quickly to speak how many words we shall know how well we should write. Expectations quitting before we finish because of the limits we put upon ourselves what we expect to what it could be andContinue reading “Expectations”
I know this because of science.
My heart beatsI know this because of scienceI can feel it I can check a pulse through my wrist I know I am aliveand I know I have a heart. I can hold my breath and let it out I know I have lungs I know this because of science. I am alive I canContinue reading “I know this because of science.”
Breathing I can do.
Breathing I can do partially take in deep breathslet a few out apparently there is a proper waythrough the stomachI breathe through my chestit’s the human waythe complicated aspects of it allthe logistics of everythingwe can’t just breathewe can’t just relaxwe have to do it this waynot that waysit on a mat take deep breathslistenContinue reading “Breathing I can do.”
We’ve been together.
We’ve been growing we’ve been holding it in we’ve been letting it outwe’ve been together. Here we are speaking here we are feelinghere we are livinghere we are together. Staying in our home staying within our place of safety staying in the comfort of usstaying in together. We’ve been feeling our angerwe’ve been feeling ourContinue reading “We’ve been together.”
It’s open space.
I keep hearing wordsno mouths aroundnothing left to sew shutno doors to openno doors to closeit’s open spacestanding outside the words keep on speaking no lips to come from they’re just thereare the birds talking no I don’t think soare the words my own a needle in one hand the other against my lipsI feelContinue reading “It’s open space.”
Aren’t we all?
You’re mentally illso you get a passand they don’t?How do we get the ticketsto bail outto say I’m illit’s not my fault it’s only my brain living in my headI’m ill aren’t we all? Thanks for reading. -Temperamentally Tina
Wealth isn’t going to fix it.
Everyone is destroying the planet wealth is not heroicwealth isn’t going to fix it. The more moneythe more travelthe faster the carthe bigger the housethe bigger the wardrobe the fancier the food. Look down upon thosewith less wealth clothing a family of four for the amount you pay on one dressmocking those with holes inContinue reading “Wealth isn’t going to fix it.”
Points accumulated.
There is nothing to win the rich they still get sicktheir bodies ageskin wrinkles there is nothing to win. Wealth is fictional deposited within accountsbefore it was paperand now it’s digital a few clicksmoney is therea few clicks money is goneit wins nothing. Depression isn’t defeatedby wealthit isn’t brought to a stop our brains can’tContinue reading “Points accumulated.”
Waiting to collect the thoughts.
Eyes gazed upmouth openedtongue outwaiting to collect the thoughtsas if the answers will slip within me finding their way in as if my brain could comprehend all of it. Even if the rain dropsheld the answerswould my brain be able to decipherbefore the acidate the thoughts away? Can we comprehendwhat happens after deathis it aContinue reading “Waiting to collect the thoughts.”
Temperamentally Tina 