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Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/astrology-astronomy-dark-night-376706/ Take a look closely now Or better yet, a silent bow To Your own life Carved out with the knife Over a long period of time The amount of sadness that road holds Is only surpassed by the joy when arriving home What’s so painfully obvious Is that this thing I call … Read more

Wait For

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/ancient-architecture-building-castle-432812/ Sometimes There are no words Words just aren’t enough No one to sing You praises Only the sweetness of Your own tears Separating You from total despair And pure bliss I cannot speak I cannot feel Only what seems like an insurmountable amount of pain The access to it I have yet … Read more

Loneliness

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photography-of-night-sky-733475/ Loneliness Can be Your friend and ally Your silent confidant Or You can turn it into Your greatest foe It can be a source of pain And quiet desperation Or pure opening of Your heart In which ever way You choose Life will be there for You regardless There will always be … Read more

Raspberry Smoothies and Wine

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/rock-formation-with-grassfield-background-722016/ Life has a strange sense of paradox Written into its very core Pouring out of pure clarity in the midst of insanity Pain is a stepping stone To whatever follows next Is probably for the best Now is the time When true endings are mine Raspberry smoothies and wine Ian Altosaar

With You

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-couple-love-romantic-5302/ If I lay down with You Will You cry? If I share my stories with You Will You say goodbye? I hope there’s space for You by my side If I get angry with You Will You hide? If I break down and want safety with You Will You try? I’m scared to … Read more

The Dance of Life

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/snow-capped-mountain-under-cloudy-sky-711177/ The death of a moment can break Your heart It can remind You all that was And it’s gone Life on this planet can seem cruel With all the little deaths happening all at once Only when we have time to reflect upon them We can see life in it as well All … Read more

Space

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/full-moon-illustration-713664/ Go into space Through time and waste Get to the core Of knowing The most powerful place In the midst of space Laced with the wisdom Carried by the instrument The Staff of Truth Wield it You must Through the cusp Of old structures Frigid beings With coldness in their hearts They … Read more

We Are

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/rocky-mountain-701362/ We are all fighting something, somewhere Fighting to stay alive Or fighting to get up in the morning These are very different fights But we all have something inherently in common We Are all Human It’s during hectic times like these in the world we and I tend to forget that A … Read more

Looking at Pain

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photography-of-mountains-covered-in-snow-691668/ The way we deal with pain must change It just has to when we want to become more whole, mature human beings There’s a great probability that all of us in different moments in our lives will experience This type of deep longing, sadness or even emptiness It’s the way we deal … Read more

Keep Going

Image source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/astronomy-beautiful-clouds-constellation-355465/ What troubles Your soul? The belonging Of which You have known Growing Although not complete Is a journey Towards discovery, forever Incomplete Dear God Look into my eyes and see The strength and perseverance I am a good boy, You must see Torn still by the temptress of gold Becoming holy, why … Read more