Published in Assemblage·PinnedMember-onlyEverything is FakeOn the Search for Reality — Most of your followers are fake. Your DMs are fake. Your photos are fake. Your quick response is fake. The dating profiles you see are fake. Your bios are fake. Your essays are fake. Everything is fake. If you are already feeling targeted by this, you are probably faking some…Culture3 min readCulture3 min read
Published in Isolation·Jan 24Member-onlyThe Fog Is LiftingA Poem — The fog is lifting from my eyes and opening up a new world that looks oddly like the old one but seemingly more hopeful I think I allowed the fog to remain so my vision would be clouded until I was really ready to step out and see the sun…Self Care1 min readSelf Care1 min read
Published in Loose Words·Jan 18Member-onlyGoneA Poem — Gone are the days of regret when I sat idly by and let time slip to give myself solace from thoughts that overwhelmed me because of so many singular things outside of my modicum of control Gone are the expectations that others wrapped around me in order to keep me still when all…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Isolation·Jan 15Member-onlySpamA Poem — Hello dear I would like to make you a logo You are going to love it as if I needed a logo for a brand that was already bustling and this person is hustling against the sands of time to sell me on a two-second project DM to be featured in…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Loose Words·Jan 12Member-onlyDepthA Poem — Sometimes I have the depth of a puddle You can splash me onto you but there will be none of me left after your boots triumphantly stomp me And sometimes my depth is an abyss, a neverending cylinder of darkness with just the tiniest light flickering at the bottom, like a votive on the…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Isolation·Jan 9Member-onlyIn the Corner of the RoomA Poem — In the corner of the room are where all of my discarded ideas pile on top of each other like a train wreck on a sunny day as disaster lays over beauty Parts of thoughts, misguided scribbles all sent away from the desk to take their solace at the edge so that possibly…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Loose Words·Jan 6Member-onlyPeeling the Crust From My EyesA Poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by Mike Von on UnsplashPeeling the Crust From My EyesA Poem----2
Published in Isolation·Jan 6Member-onlyThe Tides of ChangeA Poem — Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min readPhoto by Lance Asper on UnsplashThe Tides of ChangeA Poem----
Published in Isolation·Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyOpenA Poem — Maybe I am more open than I think to the unpredictable nature of life and all of the ephemera floating in the air while I bathe in the soft glow of the interconnectedness of society or maybe it’s just my little portion because I don’t read the news and don’t interact with the whole world and the breadth…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Isolation·Dec 30, 2022Member-onlyAwake AgainA Poem — It’s like all of a sudden I am awake, staring deep into a future that was clouded because I allowed myself to put blinders on and hide inside a heartbreak that wasn’t I was sleeping through the reality of what it was because of the inflamed resentment burning me from the ego…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read