9:24 pm

this is what happens when i turn apathetic. i go blank. forget what i give a shit about. forget who i am, what i'm about. i'm looking for the escape route. the backdoor. boredom blankets my day to day. i am hungry for more of something else. anything else. i forget to breathe. there is more need for quiet. more need to be alone. i have vacation in a little less than two months but i am hanging on by my fingertips.  white knuckling through the week. this is not my self-pity speech. all i have to do is do something different. any thing different.  i'm just stuck in a rut and bored by it all.  i'm reading but need something more substantial.  maybe i'll re-read the english patient.  that book is pure poetry. i want decadence, something i can sink my teeth into, something to remind me what my purpose in this life might be. perhaps it's time to revisit kathe koja...her writing is like music to me.

peace
l~

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Protect Yo Heart

12:10 am

i'm a reluctant participant
in this life of mine at times
figure it's worth a cup of salt
water first thing in the morning
the world is on fire, blood on
the ground and military coups
in the making against a dark sky
how many lives actually matter
during a torrential downpour
we are lost pieces in a battle
steeped in a reactionary war
who really lurks in the shadows
promising bullet holes and bombs,
the world is on fire while the taste
of salt lingers on my tongue
there is no boogie man, only fear
and the inability to sleep alone

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