Refuse to be herded
Choose
Your own
Flock

Bow before me
The lion growls
Yet all we hear
Is
Roar

A path out of darkness
Lies always
But a leap of faith
Away

Emotion pulses
Makes me feel
Alive

To catch a star
Comb the skies
Don't fish the pond
For reflections

Tread lightly
You wouldn’t like me
Once I’m
Triggered

In what loneliness
We choose to dwell
Disconnected
Blind sanctification
Of the self

Who are we to educate
Future generations
With words of hate and prejudice
By ancient prophets
Long since dead
Truths from ages past
Nothing like our own
Isn't it time
To leave what lies behind
Alone

There's no greater fear
Than that helpless moment
You lost all control
And see approach
With eyes wide open
Your inescapable fall

Progress
Presses
Ever
Onward

Remember me
Lingering whispers
Glimpses from a fading dream
Elicit
Elusive
Melt into
Awakening reality

A head full of fireflies
Thoughts connect
Illuminating every memory
The light touches

Have you lost
Your mind
She asks
And I smile
Close, but no
I just
Stopped caring
About opinions
Not my own

Let me sleep
Reality isn’t all
My dreams
Made it out
To be

Tidal waves of disappointment
Crash into me
As my
Conflicting opinion
Clashes
With your image
Of who you
Wish me
To be

I’m okay
With the horrors
I live each night
With eyes closed
We go way back
It’s the unknown
I might meet
While I’m awake
That scares me

I don’t need to be
An icon
Remembered
Or even
Understood
I just want to be
Heard
While I’m
Still here

I’m glad
You like my words
But these poems
I write for me
They are
Captured reflections
Of my sanity today
So I can still understand
What I’m about to do
Tomorrow

No matter
How much strength
It takes
Sometimes
There is weakness
In forcing
A smile

Scary woods
Don't consist solely
Of scary trees
Don't judge me
For my heritage
Instead
See who I
Despite my origins
Chose to become