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Tag: Anxiety

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing5 Comments

Bleach. A poem.

March 23, 2018March 19, 2018 Laidback DM

Acid wash away my pain release me from this blinkered Bleach burns me clean and pure tear shreds off my heart and break me Down Until time bleeds on my just Reward And bleaches this world just like The All … Continue reading Bleach. A poem.

Love, Mental Health, Poetry, Writing3 Comments

The End of the Affair. A poem.

March 22, 2018March 16, 2018 Laidback DM

At the end of the affair, when all is lost, was won, when the final note is written when all has come undone. The longing and the passion converted now to envy, the embers now black charcoal of fires that … Continue reading The End of the Affair. A poem.

Love, Mental Health, Poetry, Writing5 Comments

Hangman. A poem.

March 21, 2018 Laidback DM

I hang on your every word. Every nuance and subtlety tightens your noose and I gasp and grasp for air and the latency of truth. My limbs flail in puppet motions; I’m a paper doll with button joints, anointed in … Continue reading Hangman. A poem.

haiku, Poetry, Writing6 Comments

Haiku Friday. ‘Caught, Caged and Sentenced’. A haiku trilogy.

March 16, 2018March 7, 2018 Laidback DM

Caught, Caged and Sentenced. A haiku trilogy. Caught You have trapped me here. I once wandered, so lonely, until your net fell. Caged I am in your cage, your pristine cell; I’m locked in, pacing back and forth. Sentenced Will … Continue reading Haiku Friday. ‘Caught, Caged and Sentenced’. A haiku trilogy.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing2 Comments

The Madness of You. A poem.

March 14, 2018 Laidback DM

My futile and unavailing words cannot express the anguished, quixotic, melancholic, mad salience and utterly unquenchable need to hold you and love you as no one ever could or would or should. But here I am, alone. Thinking of nothing … Continue reading The Madness of You. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing3 Comments

This Oil. A poem.

March 13, 2018March 12, 2018 Laidback DM

This oil, viscous and thick, holding me fast in the tar pit of my black heart and head, since the very start. Wish I could shed this black dog That follows me everywhere. Perhaps soon, anon, I’ll lose my empty … Continue reading This Oil. A poem.

Love, Mental Health, Poetry, Writing8 Comments

Subtract. A poem.

March 12, 2018March 3, 2018 Laidback DM

This room is overcrowded, ingurgitated hell. But just you and me, if you subtract everyone else. This room is clamorous, cacophonous hell. But you could hear me (so very clearly), if you subtract everyone else. This room is overheated, agitated … Continue reading Subtract. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing2 Comments

Driftwood (Beached, part 3). A poem.

March 9, 2018March 3, 2018 Laidback DM

Driftwood, floating on percolating tides. Saltwater soaks fossil branches. Sand embraces nooks and crannies. Driftwood, meandering, awaiting a tactile, tacit end. Longing for a final, lasting beach head. The All or the Nothing is my first book of poetry, and … Continue reading Driftwood (Beached, part 3). A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing3 Comments

Saccharine. A poem.

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Laidback DM

Your bold sweetness leaves the bitter taste of regret, a sensate lamentation, dissonant on my tongue. This saccharine tinge leaves me cold and wanting; a vine that dies from frost that sears the roots black and returns them back to … Continue reading Saccharine. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing10 Comments

Climb. A poem.

February 27, 2018February 23, 2018 Laidback DM

Climb. Against the  winds that claim this bitter peak, that scrape and slurry and mince no words but enforce dominion and push and pull and drag you down until you can climb no more. Climb. My first book of poetry, The All or the Nothing, is available … Continue reading Climb. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing1 Comment

Linger Longer. A poem.

February 24, 2018February 18, 2018 Laidback DM

Why do I always linger longer in this place? Why do I capitulate to my black dog space? I throw the stick for him and he brings it back for me to beat myself again, so he can jump and … Continue reading Linger Longer. A poem.

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Strangely Surprised. A poem.

February 20, 2018February 19, 2018 Laidback DM

Strangely surprised: it would seem I believed that I’d be so much wiser from here on, indeed. It just took one glance and I’m back on the teat, pride reined in per chance, all humility. Strangely surprised that there’s no … Continue reading Strangely Surprised. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing11 Comments

Concrete. A poem.

February 18, 2018February 12, 2018 Laidback DM

Here I am, brought to heel by poor choices and destiny, to learn a well-earned lesson of respect and humility. Here behind this concrete veil, my hope is born anew. All thin facade and curtain call, a life sentence, all … Continue reading Concrete. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing2 Comments

Deserted. A poem.

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Laidback DM

Deserted. Desert winds wax and wane around my anxious senses, tinged with the scent of the exotic, the lingering perfume of your passing. I track through the remnants of my wandering wastrel heart, amongst tumbleweeds of loss and regret, wondering … Continue reading Deserted. A poem.

Mental Health, Poetry, Writing5 Comments

My Black Walls. A poem.

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 Laidback DM

My walls.                Are. Black                                              As oil and just as wet. Wet. … Continue reading My Black Walls. A poem.

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