Poetry

Writing to, from, and about the parts within. Sharing to normalize the healing process.

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Poetry, A Requiem, wage slave Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem, wage slave Zachary Phillips

Legacy

In the end
The only things
I’ll leave behind
Will be the few memories
My children hold dear
An empty bank account
A pile of used junk
And
A few words
Immortalized upon the page
Waiting
For someone I never met
To misinterpret

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Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips Poetry, A Requiem Zachary Phillips

Triggered

I cannot whisper
The words I wish to scream

Tears fall
At the precipice of silence

Unmoving internal chaos
Catatonic rage

Memories of the present
Give way to realities of the past

All again
All at once

Visions flash
To the beat of the body’s rocking

The internal observer
Watches helpless

Why can’t you see I’m suffering?
Don’t you dare touch me

Thank god
For Valium

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