Recovery
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MAELSTROM: relapse and recovery
Recovery is deep workNot a linear process Old clusters of feeling reemergeFeelings too painful to processFar too painful to share…
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BLACK MORPHEUS
God of dreamsSacred seedsOur world in needThis revolutionary creed We navigate addictionWe are brothers in recoveryI appreciate your radianceYour karmic…
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PROPHET OF GRUNGE
The alchemy of art and painFlowed in the lyrics of Kurt CobainHe was a friend I never knewA man with…
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RIDE OR DIE
Our scriptures are boldBut barely touch the surfaceOur bond profoundOur chemistry insurgent Your friendship has transformed meYou’ve poured your heart…
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CELEBRATION
This is a letterA letter to my dear friendMy spirit brotherMy accomplice and protege We have transformed one anotherOur connection…
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FOREVER YOUNG
Time is daunting Drugs no longer please Forever young What I once wished to be Hurt left unspokenAgony in my eyesUnmanageable emotionsDrove me…
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DEVOTION
Our chemistry magneticOur style fierce and eclecticOur minds telekineticForging a lineage prophetic This bond awakens emotionsThis deep pulse of devotionWe…
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QUANTUM MINDS
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GOTHBOY LEGACY
Eyes of painChained to addictionYou died so youngLeaving us with your vision Your music was iconicReconfiguring genresYou carved a tortured…
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NEXT LEVEL GRATITUDE
Until we need it mostWe often do not know how blessed we are I could easily have been killed on…
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A STUDY IN ALIGNMENT
I want to writeWe just welcomed the new yearI feel this fierce urge to writeYet I don’t know if…
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TATTOOED QUEER
This is a poemAbout an enigmaA mystery tattooed in blood You are goneYou can no longer speak your…
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ALCHEMY OF ART AND PAIN
These tears we let flowThrough art we createFeeling painful emotionsThat we no longer sedate Loving to numbGetting high was…
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MORE THAN A SPONSOR
You’re not just my friendMy sponsor or my mentorA trifecta of different rolesDiverse to your very core Vessel of…
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MOONFIRE
Our fates ruled by planetsEmotions ruled by tidesMoonfire burns withinMoonfire fuels our minds This cosmic pulsationRewiring imaginationInviting liberationConjuring salvation…
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HYBRID DIVINATION
I write at dawnUnder this waning full moonTides of emotion in these cardsHybrid energy fills the room I called forth…
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WEAPON OF LIBERATION
You were in the world but not of itYou told of awful thingsYou created from a cradle of painA dad…
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RESURRECTION: a bypo journal
I am hereI should have died I jumped from Key BridgePlummeting into the Potomac RiverThere was ice in the…
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DISCO NOBILITY
We floss and flexWe rise and grindReinventing timeRealigning our minds We share the work of recoveryI feel this fierce prideLoving…
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SINGULARITY
Light and shadowCause and effectOne and the sameWhat comes next I want your curseI want your diseaseThis is sacred medicinePain…
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DREAMER BOY
, When I see youI see nascent joyChained by webs of self-deception When I hear your voiceSometimes I hear honesty…
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RECOVERY PIMPS
We move with epic styleVersace shades beguileWe seek transcendent freedomFreedom from shame and denial I strive to light your wayA…
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GOTHIC ANGEL
Eyes wide openEyes wide shutYou look deep withinExtending your trust Opening my mind to new cultureTo the zeitgeist of the…
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ECSTATIC JOY
I feel joyEcstatic joyConnection with these beingsConnection with deep waters of transformation Godlings of rain bless this space…
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LIBATIONS FOR AN ADDICT
This is raw emotionBarely processed reflexive emotionFeelings swimming amidst violent cliffsLurching in divergent directionsSeeking cathartic expressionSeeking connection We loved youWe…
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CARNAGE and MAGIC
As Black folkWe rise from oceans of traumaSeas of historic pain We recover like webs of oak treesDeeply rooted in…