I have a scar. For the past six years, I have been staring at these wounds each day as I go through my day to day life. It is a deep scar that will forever be with me for the rest of my life. It represents the various times I wanted to quit from this ...

What to this breeze for a mortal like man Conquering mountains, as best we can   What to this shiver the winter will bring Foraging snow, what goodness will bring   What to this home that I have kept quaint  When seasons bring turbulent summers and spring   What to this path currently on Will ...

When the sun sets and darkness comes As I crawl into my bed The thoughts seem to claw at me And rattle inside my head What is the point of anything? Why do we try at all? We work and sleep until we pass Succumbing to mediocrity’s call When my eyes do close all I ...

So how does my story end? Is it a happy ending? Or is the truth of reality leading us to a sad realness that can’t be defined? The truth is, I don’t know. It’s day one for me again. Almost like being born for a second time. I’m learning how to cope with my moods, ...

Trigger warning: Mental health Now, where was I? Oh yeah, what the hell is wrong with me! Here I am wondering how I got to this place. What are my options? I thought for sure I was going to die! But I didn’t! How could this be? I survived but had no clue what the ...

Some thoughts eat away at you Like a parasite Consuming everything until All that’s left Is an insatiable desire to focus on it It writhes throughout your veins Leaving traces of words left unsaid Things left undone And misunderstandings so strong They rise to the surface And form goosebumps on your skin. At the first ...

Trigger warning: Mental health, suicide. Who turned out the light, I find myself in the dark. In a seedy hotel, far from home, doors are locked. I catch myself drifting in and out a state of consciousness. Is this my final moment or am I just left exhausted. I take a moment to collect myself, ...

When it rains, it pours. It’s kind of funny– I mean this May, Phoenix had a whopping total of zero inches of rain, yet I still found myself drenched the entire month. It was quite disheartening because I was never prepared. I never seemed to have brought my raincoat and I never invested in a ...

Where were you the first time you realized there was a problem? A problem so big you couldn’t wrap your head around it? I can tell you where I was, 3,000 miles away driving away from ghosts. The first time I was 20 years old, the second 39 years old. Where was I heading, you ...

To prosper is to live with peace In wealth or health or simply being   With trying times and tribulations We’ve lost our faith in our foundations   A seed of fear breeds suspicion And too much freedom breeds disillusion   We think it’s time that holds us back When really it’s discipline that we ...