i scroll
and scroll
and scroll and scroll and scroll
and avoid looking at messages
because my soul aches with each plea
and i haven’t figured out yet
how to do
anything
really
short poem day
June 10, 2025
how
and why
and when
and why do i just want
another cup of coffee
to just chill with
June 6, 2025
observing humanity
in an emergency
department
[but i should probably be
eating some sort of snack
to make my own humanity
a little bit
even-er]
June 2, 2025
here we are
working[auditioning]actor
less time for
writing
more time for
figuring out
[im]perfectionism
May 25, 2025
letting myself
not see signs
everywhere
[in a life
absolutely inundated
with overwhelming coincidence]
May 24, 2025
trying to writing
to finish the thinking
to begin the day
and continuing
and continuing
starting
from finishing
from ending —
a beginning
May 23, 2025
i still think it’s so interesting
that one of my absolute favorite genres
of music is 8-bit video-game music
[whether or not it’s remixed in some cool way]
even though i was not
at all
a gamer growing up
and even now
i
barely game
at all
May 22, 2025
gibberish poems
can become
gibberish songs
which may be
exactly what i need to do
in order to stop me
from overanalyzing
and overjudging
and overscrutinizing
my own creativity
May 19, 2025
i have no idea
what time is even
doing
i’m passing my days by
sliding past them
as they slip past me
we barely wave to each other
and a new day is by my side
[and the whole play
plays out again]
May 17, 2025
letting my brain
rest
for a second
it’s not nearly as
easy as
it sounds