Recovery

  • MAELSTROM: relapse and recovery

    MAELSTROM: relapse and recovery

    Recovery is deep workNot a linear process Old clusters of feeling reemergeFeelings too painful to processFar too painful to share…

  • BLACK MORPHEUS

    BLACK MORPHEUS

    God of dreamsSacred seedsOur world in needThis revolutionary creed We navigate addictionWe are brothers in recoveryI appreciate your radianceYour karmic…

  • PROPHET OF GRUNGE

    PROPHET OF GRUNGE

    The alchemy of art and painFlowed in the lyrics of Kurt CobainHe was a friend I never knewA man with…

  • RIDE OR DIE

    RIDE OR DIE

    Our scriptures are boldBut barely touch the surfaceOur bond profoundOur chemistry insurgent Your friendship has transformed meYou’ve poured your heart…

  • CELEBRATION

    CELEBRATION

    This is a letterA letter to my dear friendMy spirit brotherMy accomplice and protege We have transformed one anotherOur connection…

  • FOREVER YOUNG

    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…

  • DEVOTION

    DEVOTION

    Our chemistry magneticOur style fierce and eclecticOur minds telekineticForging a lineage prophetic This bond awakens emotionsThis deep pulse of devotionWe…

  • QUANTUM MINDS

    QUANTUM MINDS

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  • GOTHBOY LEGACY

    GOTHBOY LEGACY

    Eyes of painChained to addictionYou died so youngLeaving us with your vision Your music was iconicReconfiguring genresYou carved a tortured…

  • NEXT LEVEL GRATITUDE

    NEXT LEVEL GRATITUDE

    Until we need it mostWe often do not know how blessed we are I could easily have been killed on…

  • A STUDY IN ALIGNMENT

    A STUDY IN ALIGNMENT

      I want to writeWe just welcomed the new yearI feel this fierce urge to writeYet I don’t know if…

  • TATTOOED QUEER

    TATTOOED QUEER

        This is a poemAbout an enigmaA mystery tattooed in blood You are goneYou can no longer speak your…

  • ALCHEMY OF ART AND PAIN

    ALCHEMY OF ART AND PAIN

      These tears we let flowThrough art we createFeeling painful emotionsThat we no longer sedate Loving to numbGetting high was…

  • MORE THAN A SPONSOR

    MORE THAN A SPONSOR

      You’re not just my friendMy sponsor or my mentorA trifecta of different rolesDiverse to your very core Vessel of…

  • MOONFIRE

    MOONFIRE

      Our fates ruled by planetsEmotions ruled by tidesMoonfire burns withinMoonfire fuels our minds This cosmic pulsationRewiring imaginationInviting liberationConjuring salvation…

  • HYBRID DIVINATION

    HYBRID DIVINATION

    I write at dawnUnder this waning full moonTides of emotion in these cardsHybrid energy fills the room I called forth…

  • WEAPON OF LIBERATION

    WEAPON OF LIBERATION

    You were in the world but not of itYou told of awful thingsYou created from a cradle of painA dad…

  • RESURRECTION: a bypo journal

    RESURRECTION: a bypo journal

      I am hereI should have died I jumped from Key BridgePlummeting into the Potomac RiverThere was ice in the…

  • DISCO NOBILITY

    DISCO NOBILITY

    We floss and flexWe rise and grindReinventing timeRealigning our minds We share the work of recoveryI feel this fierce prideLoving…

  • SINGULARITY

    SINGULARITY

    Light and shadowCause and effectOne and the sameWhat comes next I want your curseI want your diseaseThis is sacred medicinePain…

  • DREAMER BOY

    DREAMER BOY

    , When I see youI see nascent joyChained by webs of self-deception When I hear your voiceSometimes I hear honesty…

  • RECOVERY PIMPS

    RECOVERY PIMPS

    We move with epic styleVersace shades beguileWe seek transcendent freedomFreedom from shame and denial I strive to light your wayA…

  • GOTHIC ANGEL

    GOTHIC ANGEL

    Eyes wide openEyes wide shutYou look deep withinExtending your trust Opening my mind to new cultureTo the zeitgeist of the…

  • ECSTATIC JOY

    ECSTATIC JOY

        I feel joyEcstatic joyConnection with these beingsConnection with deep waters of transformation Godlings of rain bless this space…

  • LIBATIONS FOR AN ADDICT

    LIBATIONS FOR AN ADDICT

    This is raw emotionBarely processed reflexive emotionFeelings swimming amidst violent cliffsLurching in divergent directionsSeeking cathartic expressionSeeking connection We loved youWe…

  • CARNAGE and MAGIC

    CARNAGE and MAGIC

    As Black folkWe rise from oceans of traumaSeas of historic pain We recover like webs of oak treesDeeply rooted in…