Shame my brother
My least favorite emotion
Shadows haunting integrity
Webs of mendacity
Disguises inauthentic
Through years of addiction
Deception was second nature
Parallel strands of plausibility
Held in mental equilibrium
My quantum theory of emotion
I yearn to apply it
With what is shame entangled
What rival force moves instantaneously
I have felt shame for harm caused
Shame for boundaries crossed
Shame at lost potential
Sure that I was a brutal disappointment to family
I must take action
Move with integrity
Feeling into alignment
Meeting my shadows
I have felt shame for being black and queer
I have felt a desperate craving for validation
I have resonated with collective shame
The corrosive curse of toxic masculinity
Shame is that itch
That warning that I am out of alignment
I can feel it, and make the honest choice
I can be vulnerable
Honest with those who trust me most
I process these shadows
Activating this quantum dialectic of emotion
Disentangling interwoven fractals of being
I lean into my emotional truth
Letting roots sink through shadow
Seeking the light of true alignment
Inspired by visuals by Chema Mendez: @mendezmendezart on X
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025
