Our world imperiledApocalypse transpiresOur minds rewireUprooting empire Minds expandTimelines transcendThis quantum matrixLiberation within Wisdom of ancient shamansManifestos of neuroscienceConjuring a quantum caliphateOur god of defiance Both wave and particleBoth here and thereThis is superpositionThe nonbinary aware My gut pulsatesIterating with electricityMy full lips vibrateChanneling cosmic lightning We download our futuresAwareness […]
Depression can be a demon. Andrew Solomon famously described it as the “Noonday Demon”—a beast that can leave you miserable even though you are held in positive relationships, or surrounded by an idyllic environment. Depression can be toxic, but it is also a pervasive fact of life. There is no […]
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is among the most stigmatized mental health conditions. People living with it are often written off as hopelessly psychotic and difficult to be around. In my experience though, it can be managed, and the loving core of people living with BPD can emerge in amazing ways. […]
Navigating the manic depressive spectrum is profoundly challenging. Much has been written about this condition, dating back to ancient civilization. Many who live with its tumultuous vagaries have written memoirs and monographs. These stories have humanized our experience and offered shared language for understanding this path. Yet the overwhelming paradigm […]
Earlier this week an unusual line of analysis came through me. I started to wonder if addiction might be a useful lens for understanding depression. Depression is a profoundly painful experience. But could it be addictive? Could this lens help people move through depression and heal? I am influenced by […]
Erotic connectionFar more than the physicalOur minds alchemizeSpiritual synergy fortified Your sensuality irresistibleMagnificent and licentiousNeurotransmitters conduct energyMind and body lascivious I want to fuck you with dopamineFeeding on your oxytocinSerotonin activates desireNeo-tantric magic unfolding This is psychedelic sexFrontal lobes inflectQuantum energy transcendsSpirit angels writhe and flex Your body fierce and […]
Recovery is deep workNot a linear process Old clusters of feeling reemergeFeelings too painful to processFar too painful to share in community We act out with spendingWith compulsive sexSeeking some seductive dopamine rushWe find a nexus of ephemeral pleasure A new candidate for our obsession and compulsion And sometimes we use […]
You embody archetypesThe warrior with his fireThe king attuned to his peopleThe magician amplifying desire Your energy fierceI worship your beingExuding potent sex presenceCrafting new ways of seeing I see you on cameraYour virility triumphantYour mind evolvingYour psyche percussive Radical sexAn act of rebellionDefying heterosexual dictatorshipCrafting a new licentious kingdom […]
God of dreamsSacred seedsOur world in needThis revolutionary creed We navigate addictionWe are brothers in recoveryI appreciate your radianceYour karmic cosmic chemistry We undermine the matrixThese webs of mass deceptionAwakening to purposeLiberation as resurrection You are Black MorpheusI call you my by nameYour powers evolvingPsychic angels in your brain Your […]
I came to these rivers to writeMy mind a psychic infernoI craved the serenity of water Seeking to synthesize intense intuitionExperiencing thoughts without ruminationSacred alchemy in the wisdom of water In this pulsating momentI channel manic energyFeeling the pulse of possibilityThis radiant cosmic chemistry My mind is touched by […]
Shame my brotherMy least favorite emotionShadows haunting integrityWebs of mendacityDisguises inauthentic Through years of addictionDeception was second natureParallel strands of plausibilityHeld in mental equilibrium My quantum theory of emotionI yearn to apply itWith what is shame entangledWhat rival force moves instantaneously I have felt shame for harm causedShame for boundaries […]
Arms like windmillsEyes percussiveLips seductiveShades so luscious Our dance eroticBeats throb tectonicVanquishing fearLiberation embryonic This is the BYPO BalletFusing divergent traditionsNeurodiversity our missionLithe bodies conjure visions We dance with our bodiesWe dance with our eyesMoving emotion is alchemyAwakening spiritual fire We move to drums of AfricaGrinding and contracting from belowOur […]
\ Bodies pulsating with energyMuscles rippling with synergyYour eyes magnetic and propheticConjuring visions of queer destiny Your lust utterly transcendentDesire throbbing and resonantI admire your sacred tantric fireOur rage so visceral and violent This poem is an antidoteInspiration amidst bleak horizonsThe gay clones of Logan CircleDesperately in need of rewiring […]
Your skin ebonyYour energy flawlessMuscles glisteningInsurgency is upon us Enrobed like a guerillaYou writhe and conspireRivulets of alchemyUndermining empire This chemistry electricOur project propheticDesire reimaginedA force psychokinetic Leather empowersAwakening imaginationWe taste salvationAn antidote to devastation There is much that is bafflingSo much beyond our controlBut our minds can imagineEnvisioning a […]
Keith HaringProphet of insurgencyPainting epic canvassesBombing walls in hieroglyphics A rebel amidst holocaustGay men and injecting addictsSlaughtered by AIDSAmidst willful political indifference I came of age in the 1990sA young queer manTerrified of the epidemicTerrified that sex could equal death The fever of sexual liberationThe horror of collective devastationA virus […]
Pulsating visceral and carnalInfectious captivating and viralYou conjure an inferno of liberationObliterating delusion and denial Demigod of potent virilityFueled by emotional alchemyExuding subaltern majestyEnvisioning karmic destiny Your torso deeply seductiveYour eyes electromagneticCrafting a sacred dialecticCircles of trust concentric This is an age of dystopian perilVicious and toxic systems unleashedYour energy […]
Spirit writhes in passionA karmic chain reactionChaos evolvingBoundaries dissolvingAnarchist praxis building traction We move amidst apocalypsePummeled by satanic fistsGrief aboundsTrauma resoundsSteeling our will to rise and resist Our potent energies realignResisting systemic crimePulsating energyCosmic chemistryQuantum synergies recombine You radiate the radical eroticYour potent genius embryonicYour piercing eyesFocusing desireTantra rising amidst […]
This poem a zygoteA seed of visionManifesting our futureFinding truth in the infinite This scintillating kinkOur psyches syncErotic eyes everywhereOur tribe writhing in panopticon We break shacklesChains of sexual addictionAutomatic vapid compulsionEvolving towards intention and creativity This panopticon pornographyLooking in new directionsSeeing carnal reflectionsFeeling the orgasmic divine This world of […]
This ultimate alchemyVirtuous blasphemyCrafting sexual artistryEvoking carnal destiny We reimagine tantraSeeing the sacred in the salaciousReinventing quantum theoryYour pagan prophecy remakes us You move and inspireEyes evoking desireSmoke curls sinuouslyAmplifying fierce psychic fire This inferno of neurodivergenceUndermining diagnostic pathologyRecreating pychological realitiesHarnessing emotional vulnerability You magnetize viscous lustNo mortal man can […]
The alchemy of art and painFlowed in the lyrics of Kurt CobainHe was a friend I never knewA man with a shared mental strain The rage in his voiceMy sense of reliefPainting dreadful dysphoriaSharing beauty with me You were a prophet of grungeYou came before my timeAn avatar of a […]
This image moves meI write to understand whyThere is something so potentThe chemistry of intimacyThis vision of our future I see this tantric infernoThis ferocious desireThe fire of the phoenixA zygote of liberation In our present queer worldWe have such shitty optionsOur culture so staticOur spirit of rebellion bled dry […]
Our scriptures are boldBut barely touch the surfaceOur bond profoundOur chemistry insurgent Your friendship has transformed meYou’ve poured your heart out with ease I’d take a bullet for youNo bullshit–utterly guaranteed A brother and a mentor Straight soldiers, chins up With you, it’s ride or die We are fueled to burn it […]
I hesitate to writeBut I have so much to sayOur politics a hurricaneThis age of hope and rage This is a pivotal momentWe rise against a hybrid beastBrutal mass deportationsCarnage in the Middle East But this week resistance thrivesDemocratic socialism arisingA movement in ascendanceEvolving resistance transpiring Let imagination awakenOrganizing amplifying […]
You were a pioneerYou left a legacyGiving voice to aspirationAccessing blood memories Your dance an infernoYour energy supersonicThe majesty of AileyLiberation embryonic The power of RevelationsThe riptides of CryDance transcending timeMovement a subterranean fire You died at fifty-eightYou died with open secretsYour gay identityThe cocaine and the virus Your choreography […]
The times are fucking crazyOur president a blundering fascistA cabinet of incompetent sycophantsTheir venality mirrored by their arrogance ICE agents the modern day gestapoTerrorizing communitiesEnforcing mass deportationCreating tidal waves of devastation These politics are putridThey are riot fuelAmplifying rageThis fire we deploy strategically Resistance takes many formsThere are a […]
This is a letterA letter to my dear friendMy spirit brotherMy accomplice and protege We have transformed one anotherOur connection deepening immeasurablyOur journey awakening dragonfireOur quantum minds evolving Now you move in new directionsEnvisioning your futureClaiming prophetic destinyRooted in a solid foundationArchitecture we have created together This poem is a […]