Within the tempest of this world, my candle flame burns stout and proud.   Storm clouds gather over my candlelit eyes, yet they burn on… a powerful counter-gaze   through that grey overcast blanketing what was once the warm sun in my life....

I have an obsession with buying more time So I watch the seconds hand sweep by The open heart shows the mechanism inside But then her frail hand covers mine And time suddenly seems to slow down   I kiss her forehead She smiles at me I...

The self defeating logic of anxiety is to make me believe the only way to keep myself safe is for me to never feel self. How absurd, how astonishing, That this fierce storm is only a thought. A ghost I create and...