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 […]
Recovery
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Time is daunting Drugs no longer please Forever young What I once wished to be Hurt left unspokenAgony in my eyesUnmanageable emotionsDrove me back to getting high Since age 15 I’ve dealt with this disease Getting clean in my 20’sA fucking miracle to me From obsession to surrender Tantric energy radiates Relating scarring pasts Alleviating self hate […]
Our chemistry magneticOur style fierce and eclecticOur minds telekineticForging a lineage prophetic This bond awakens emotionsThis deep pulse of devotionWe are blessed and chosenOur destinies interwoven You have shaped me in many waysHelping to heal rivers of painTranscending drugs we craveAwakening imagination and faith We are agents of liberationYour spirit […]
(note: if you are using your phone to read this, use a landscape view to see the formatting clearly) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This quantum bondIts power transforms meCreating lineageCrafting prophecy Navigating this spectrumLaying down the foundationExpanding horizonsRedefining old identities Our kinetic attractionShared neurochemistryCreative quantum synergyA karmic reaction Lessons I have […]
Eyes of painChained to addictionYou died so youngLeaving us with your vision Your music was iconicReconfiguring genresYou carved a tortured pathYou were an agent of karma You left a prophecyAn oracle of liberationImagining evolutionForeseeing transformation Your drug fueled lyricsPermeated by painYou captured why we useGiving voice to our shame Your […]
Until we need it mostWe often do not know how blessed we are I could easily have been killed on January 2, 2025Four young men demanded my winter coat I refusedThey pummelled my head relentlesslyI felt teeth crack I relentedGiving them my Moose Knuckle parkaThey took my coat and bagDriving […]
I want to writeWe just welcomed the new yearI feel this fierce urge to writeYet I don’t know if this is really a poemI don’t know if I want anyone else to read it I ponder alignmentI meditate on integrityNoticing my tendency to conflate emotionsIlluminating my proclivity to sexualize […]
This is a poemAbout an enigmaA mystery tattooed in blood You are goneYou can no longer speak your truthLeaving us with so much mystery We have a limited public recordMuch of it silent about your sexuality The evidence that you were queerConfined to a brief isolated tweet In […]
These tears we let flowThrough art we createFeeling painful emotionsThat we no longer sedate Loving to numbGetting high was our thingWe chased euphoriaNow we live to stay clean Enchained by addictionWe fled our insecuritiesGripped by toxic shameWe escaped psycho-chemically Now we survive our feelingsOur emotions are psychic fuelAlchemized by […]
You’re not just my friendMy sponsor or my mentorA trifecta of different rolesDiverse to your very core Vessel of virtuous wisdomYou feed my psycheEmbracing neurodiversityTransforming a better me You’ve redefined masculinityTo let the tears flowWhile embracing femininityLetting all shame go The flaws we shareLike the drugs we craveOur pain […]
Our fates ruled by planetsEmotions ruled by tidesMoonfire burns withinMoonfire fuels our minds This cosmic pulsationRewiring imaginationInviting liberationConjuring salvation Our sacred paths alignImmersed in waters of recoveryThe moon is strong hereLunations reconfigure destiny The light of our sun reflectedThese nocturnal reverberationsMoonfire captivatesProjecting supernatural illumination Our spirits soar togetherSeeking trenchant […]
I write at dawnUnder this waning full moonTides of emotion in these cardsHybrid energy fills the room I called forth this readingSeeking connection and directionSummoning power for this projectInviting alchemy and inception I explore this hybrid divinationThis conversation between oracle and tarotI let the wisdom of the cards speakInviting them […]
You were in the world but not of itYou told of awful thingsYou created from a cradle of painA dad sized cavity in your spirit What if I could have been your friend?Helping you set boundariesCould you have escaped tragedyThe scourge of fentanylClaiming your life You saw the toxicity of […]
I am hereI should have died I jumped from Key BridgePlummeting into the Potomac RiverThere was ice in the water I should have diedBut I am here I remember jumpingI remember a torrid confluence of emotion Misery, desperation, disconnection Then I remember salvationA man pulled me from the waterAn ambulance […]
We floss and flexWe rise and grindReinventing timeRealigning our minds We share the work of recoveryI feel this fierce prideLoving you like familyOur connection a sacred fire We are disco nobilityEmpowered by virilityDancing with destinyEmbodying artistry Armed with fur and vinylMy pulse acceleratesDressed to killWhat we imagine is real You […]
Light and shadowCause and effectOne and the sameWhat comes next I want your curseI want your diseaseThis is sacred medicinePain pleases me We move through timeHurdling through spaceTasting the fifth dimensionExperiencing the spiritual plane I am the singularityA manifestation of the presentA fusion of all dimensionsLiving in the moment I […]
, When I see youI see nascent joyChained by webs of self-deception When I hear your voiceSometimes I hear honesty and vulnerabilitySometimes evasion and rationalization I feel your potentialI feel your inner struggleI feel you torn in many directionsOscillating between spiritual growth and addiction We write by our riversThey reconnect […]
We move with epic styleVersace shades beguileWe seek transcendent freedomFreedom from shame and denial I strive to light your wayA path from drugs we craveWe name the roots of painNurturing a sacred flame We strut and flaunt our furRebranding this holy wordRecovery transforms our worldA flag of hope and pride […]
Eyes wide openEyes wide shutYou look deep withinExtending your trust Opening my mind to new cultureTo the zeitgeist of the momentGrounding me in the presentRooted in the path we have chosen I call you gothic angelYou are a protege of prophecyYou churn in potent watersRadiating cosmic chemistry I want to […]
I feel joyEcstatic joyConnection with these beingsConnection with deep waters of transformation Godlings of rain bless this space todayThe land inundatedWater finding the path of least resistanceFlowing serpentine Abram’s Creek a delugePregnant with energy and healingConnecting us with our spirit bodies Our energy flows with the creekFluid lines […]
This is raw emotionBarely processed reflexive emotionFeelings swimming amidst violent cliffsLurching in divergent directionsSeeking cathartic expressionSeeking connection We loved youWe loved you fiercelyIf only you could have felt the joy of youThe humility and vulnerabilityThe visceral presence of connection Ultimately there is no logicWe cannot know your final feelingsWe cannot […]
As Black folkWe rise from oceans of traumaSeas of historic pain We recover like webs of oak treesDeeply rooted in the earthRoots interlocking and interwovenFortified against hurricane Our journey begins againThis sacred pilgrimageConverging to create anticapitalist community Drawing strength from divergent traditionsRivers of menstrual blood flowing subterraneanBlood pregnant with the […]