toxic emotions
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TOXIC OCEAN
I cry for pain I have causedFor pain I have facedFor pain deep insideRooted in my blood and bones I…
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SHADOWS OF SHAME
Shame my brotherMy least favorite emotionShadows haunting integrityWebs of mendacityDisguises inauthentic Through years of addictionDeception was second natureParallel strands of…
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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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RUPTURE and REPAIR
Friendships are born of loveThey are also born of conflict Your closest people are never yes menYour inner tribe will…
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UNSETTLING FACES
Unsettling facesFamiliar truthsFlocks of sheepAnalyzing me I know they judgeTheir eyes tell me soFalse reciprocationCould be so Seeking acceptanceYet quick…
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DISSECTING REJECTION
I am a lonely soulHeartbeat slow and coldIn my rejection I am aloneToxic fear holds the throne We write…
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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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EMBODIED VULNERABILITY
Connecting with you is like fireGenerativePowerful and movingPulsating with Platonic attractionRemembering what it feels like for a boy We live…
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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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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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RESILIENCE
I see fire in this paintingStrength born from painI see resilience and perseverance I see the resurgent power of creationPower…
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REMIND ME TO FORGET
MemoriesHaunting meLeaving meNo air to breathe DestinyMysteryHaunting meTaunting me I come to writeI come to witnessHundreds of birdsFlocking to the…
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VANGUARD GRAFFITI
Colors connive as spirits reviveWe are shackled by trauma locked deep insideWe heal from our pasts and rebuild our livesThe…
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TRIFECTA FIERCE
three sensuous bodies: three celestial auras–we aspire to cosmic connection to honor the rebels who came before us we…
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TRYING NOT TO FALL
if you see me leave earlyor hesitate to make eye contactif i seem reticent to express too much affectionthat’s just…
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RADIANT ROOTS
i imagine myself bathed in lightor held in a luxurious and potent embrace I imagine myself protected by a force…
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AN INTRUSION OF GREY
alone with my emotions, i am wracked by malaise i contend with my demons clothed in varied shades of grey…
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HEXAGONS OF BABYLON
hexagons and lexicons digging deep and dropping bombs striving for freedom singing songs crafting a future that is just beyond…
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GHOSTS: a riff on the emotional subterranean
echoes of emotion transgress my heart and mind i feel currents of suppressed attraction in confluence deep inside the erratic…
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A SURVIVOR’S MANIFESTO
its been more than three years since i jumped off key bridge almost ending a life that at the time…
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KARMIC INSURGENCY
whose streets—our streets so said the cops while suppressing speech black lives on trial—neo-nazis on the rise such a toxic…
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RITES OF FIRE: pyrotechnic meditation
we are slaves to technology—and to the class in control we transcribe a new pedagogy—reclaiming the creative human soul the…
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RADICAL EXORCISM
praying for love and praying for peace praising the sun and craving relief we have miscreants in power—sowing seeds of…
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KING OF RAGE
ANGEL OR DEMON DEVIL OR SAINT YOU TAKE WHAT YOU WANT RAGE RULES YOUR BRAIN LIKE A MONSTER YOU KILL…
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IMMORTALIZED: a tribute to Gil Scott-Heron
love and rage took the stage speaking truth eschewing fame inscribing pain abusing veins rebel poet living wraith harlem streets…