One more time, set the alarm back. You just have to make it one more day until you can sleep again. Shadows crawling up the walls can wait for you. Just a few more muscles to tighten. Push the covers back, the world is cold out there. Take a hollow breath, taste the foggy air. Pull on your skin and you're out with the best of them. Just one more...Learn More

Fold up when you feel too much. Your shoulder weight is crushing down. Sleep inside the shell that we share. The heart you took when we were born was supposed to be for two. The heart you took when we were born was supposed to be for me too. It will swallow you. I see what you do, and my scar burns too. When your terror flows I'll eat it up. Just...Learn More

Woke up the garden, ate apples one more time. Had too many questions, saw too many lights. My other Father; carry me from brightness. I love too much, care without purpose. The day that shines down is my one alone. Nothing else to live for, I'm in my only home. And where were you? I don't want you. A fissure crackles from the other side. Had too...Learn More

Climb the stairs, keep on tall toes. Try not to make a sound. At the end of the hallway smell a little girl's room. Your middle-life breath has got some wisdom to impart. Footsteps are heavy. Doorknobs turn so loud. But it’s not like you're doing anything wrong, are you old man? Take what's yours. No one can keep you from telling what’s right and...Learn More

You were given one chance at living, you don't live it like your last. Days spent in darkness, telling of light to come. Brightness shines through but you keep the curtains closed. Tell me of the life to come, tell me what you're missing out on. Your palms bleed from man-made holes. Light happens once and you spend it waiting for more. Existence is...Learn More