POETRY

Living expressions of inner work. Offered as a glimpse of the process towards radical self-acceptance, healing, and growth.

Latest collection: Poetry from a Dark Night from the Soul.
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Zachary Phillips 1/4/25 Zachary Phillips 1/4/25

Not Safe

It’s not safe
For me to be alone
But it’s not pleasant
To be in my company

So how can I
Ask for you
To waste this day
Comforting me?

It’s not safe
For me to be alone
But it’s not pleasant
To be in my company

So how can I
Ask for you
To waste this day
Comforting me?

Zachary Phillips 12/27/22 Zachary Phillips 12/27/22

I don’t want
to be
where
I am

I could move but
there is
nowhere
I can go

I am trapped
inside
my cursed
mind

It follows
me
everywhere
laughing
at my
pain

Zachary Phillips 12/26/22 Zachary Phillips 12/26/22

is this a cry
for attention
or
a cry
for help?
is there really a difference?

This poem is from the book, ‘Bound To The Wings Of A Butterfly’.