You feel helpless and afraid Like a failure and a waste of space Like there’s no hope Like you’re stuck underwater Or that all the…
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The Mad Poet’s Street Corner
I’m the Mad Poet Driven mad by depression, anxiety, and loneliness For 20+ years I’ve struggled and fought I’ve had joy and pain I’ve loved…
Continue Reading....Inky Blackness
Wasn’t so long ago in the grand scheme of things That I dwelt in inky blackness That my mood was apathy That I had no…
Continue Reading....Cold and Alone (Or are you?)
Through the troubles and the hard times Through the darkness you tread in Like water 30 feet at least past your feet Cold, dark, and…
Continue Reading....Even Rocks Break and Mountains Fall
The author reflects on the painful decline of their father due to cancer, contrasting his vibrant past with the current struggles that require care and…
Continue Reading....The Mountain Inside
There’s a mountain inside of me As I climb higher trying to better myself I oftentimes slide back down It’s that old saying 2 steps…
Continue Reading....Pain Can Be a Comfort
Have you ever found pain to be a comfort A type of release I’m guilty of it When for years all I could feel was…
Continue Reading....Oh God Forgive Me
So many times when I prayI feel like I get no replyWords float off into the nightI couldn’t cut the silence with the sharpest knifeA…
Continue Reading....They’re coming for us
Election season in America Is insane And this year shall be no exception Campaign ads Everywhere you look, listen, and read Across all sites, yards,…
Continue Reading....Blessings
As I go through this trying time Where we sold our house And I’m living in a pop-up trailer For an as yet undetermined time…
Continue Reading....Poetic Resilience
It feels like I’m 2 steps behind Like I’m so far off track That I can’t get back I feel like I’m so far behind…
Continue Reading....Let Your Light Shine Down
Where is love found In this crazy, crazy world Full of disease, apathy, and evil Where can I find the source of Love Where can…
Continue Reading....Don’t Let The Enemy In
Don’t Let The Enemy In If you saw A lion trying to hurt someone you love If you saw it attacking your family You’d fend…
Continue Reading....Finding the Right Words: A Poet’s Struggle to Speak
What would you say If you could find the right words What would you dare to say to the people You struggle to speak to…
Continue Reading....Life Through a Side-View Mirror
Sometimes we try to look at life through a side-view mirror When what we really need is to look at it head on Through the…
Continue Reading....Head under water
Feels like I’m stuck under water Swimming through a fog No up or down no left or right Complete disorientation They tell me to breathe…
Continue Reading....Early Bird Early worm
It can’t be said that I’m an early bird Nor an early worm I’m not a night owl I’m in bed by 10 Rarely asleep…
Continue Reading....Dead Sea
I wish someone would call me their Dead Sea Because with me they’ll never sink Because I can always be relied upon To keep them…
Continue Reading....Time
Time, Time, Time Theres never enough And always too much Theres never enough time to get everything done It takes to long to wait for…
Continue Reading....Oh Death
Oh Death The great equalizer The primal end of all both great and low Oh Death Where is your sting For those washed in the…
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