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 ...

To have enough space inside  And hold so many feelings Is a blessing and a curse At best you feel euphoric A prison at it’s worst To keep it all within And keep the thoughts at bay Inside your head, I fear Is trapping a storm in a bottle Open it if you dare

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, ...

darlings, remember, the dark shapes hiding in the night friendly enemies fornicating your good nature they peek out from under your bed, creep beneath your pillow, stalk the lonely roads of your dreams and breathe new life as figures that haunt your waking world his breath may linger hot on your skin burnt like a ...

It’s hard to be still But sometimes I need it So I can be filled With reflection   When I’m in a rush I have to remember To stop and just Take a moment to breathe   To always be in motion For fear that if I stop My waves of emotion Will sweep me ...

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 ...

You have just achieved something so amazing. Yet, you feel nothing. The recognition and applause race through your veins. Yet, you feel as if you never broke through the ribbon at the finish line. All you want is the energy in the air to increase your heartbeat and leave you with a faint smile. Yet, ...

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 ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as someone who has dealt with anxiety, and depression on and off for most of my life. One of the ways that I can think of to describe it would be a foggy dream sequence that is sometimes seen in the movies where a person is trying their ...