Image source: Photo by Maciej Sawicki on Unsplash More attention is what I seek Inside for myself Pain rooted so deeply in my consciousness I cannot breathe, I cannot even think Before I react Reactions bring pain Pain for myself and others I hopefully can breathe Tomorrow anew, a new dawn The curtains of hope will once again rise … Read more
Image source: Photo by Aperture Vintage on Unsplash As the pain from my heart Drips blood To Yours and mine Never knowing what life could be Only to see Disappointments I see the angles They are calling me Writes of passages Are taunting me To put it mildly Surrendering to pain Is the easiest and hardest thing I’ve ever … Read more
Image source: Photo by Joshua Newton on Unsplash Fucking hell The discrepancy Between Myself and the world Where do I go from here? Where do I want to be? Be it so that all will be Golden Molded into being By the currents of life Quietly testing Your inner strength Pain flows from that place As it gets clearer … Read more
Image source: Photo by Dawid Zawiła on Unsplash A sharp pain twists and turns Silently under the surface How to keep my heart open in pain? A challenge for the brain Like a ripple from my back It moves, lures me into my depth There is no other way Now I must pray Seemingly endless the despair of resistance … Read more
Image source: Photo by Matthew Kane on Unsplash What a strange place to be In the thick of it But feel not seen Pain emerges from these depths Nice to welcome it Together into the womb of being I’m saddened by the atrocity of it all In a peculiar sense Knowing that it will fall Away into the abyss … Read more
Press pause Look for a worthy cause Feel my way towards it Then take a step back And listen Listen to the sounds Voices from inside They have nothing to say At least for now Just overwhelming, ever-present pain Only grasping my mind I am free Ian Altosaar
What do You need? What do You desire from me? These demons still sit beside me Haunt the halls I walk through Knowing, each time I step in They will be there And there will be pain, always Here I sit I don’t know how To face the howling echoes of these past traumas There’s … Read more
Image source: Photo by joel herzog on Unsplash The smallest glitch Can release a tidal wave Of deep emotion Anger, sadness, disappointment Can’t seem to let go So much failure Rather a pattern rooted within me I shake I twist and turn Hide behind the curtain of knowing Still catches up to me Now I’m here Waiting for the … Read more
Image source: Photo by Marco Secchi on Unsplash As I notice Myself Amidst pain and sadness Deep emptiness and hollowness I wonder, where is it coming from? Like a slow-paced kid, I begin to wonder Have I squandered the chances given to me? I become afraid, the presence of fear Is gripping me tightly No I say nay Part … Read more
