Recovery

  • 8 MILE SURVIVOR

    8 MILE SURVIVOR

    Eminem emblematicSurviving white povertyWorking class realityIconoclastic destiny The urban wall of 8 mile roadDividing black from whiteA line piercing DetroitPost-industrial…

  • ORACLE OF THE CYPHER

    ORACLE OF THE CYPHER

    Prodigy and phenomenonVoice of a generationSlain by addictionDisembodied imagination He flowed with beatsHe thrived in musicalityMac Miller built communityHis craft…

  • BITTER TRUTH

    BITTER TRUTH

    I came to the waterSeeking tides of emotionA fluid energetic mirrorFor my psyche Maybe you were rightMaybe I was hopelessly…

  • DONE

    DONE

    I want to be done with thisI write to be done with thisBut in truthI am notI think of you…

  • BLACK HOLE SUN

    BLACK HOLE SUN

    This is so hard to writeConsumed by painA friendship I imagined eternalSevered and cauterized I have cried many times each…

  • PROPHET OF PAIN

    PROPHET OF PAIN

    Your voice intenseYour mind complexCapturing our anguishGasping for breath Prophet of painProphet of rageArchitect of grungeAntidote to guilt and shame…

  • ANGEL OF THE ABYSS

    ANGEL OF THE ABYSS

    Tattooed rawEtched like graffitiYour work profoundRooted in feelings You were the lightYour voice pure fireFierce freestyleConjuring desire Lucid dreamsAnxious screamsMusic…

  • JUGGERNAUT

    JUGGERNAUT

    Your eyes piercingVivid karmic beingYou are my cypherYour mind inspiring We wrestle with demonsSeeking psychic freedomThe scourge of addictionRavaging and…

  • QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD

    QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD

    Our post-punk grunge PersephoneA walking study in demonologyPretty on the insideAngry on the outsideMagician of visceral cathartic artistry Wife and…

  • 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…

  • 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…